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Moose Jaw man charged after RCMP cigarette seizure

By Saskatchewan Herald ·

Rural Saskatchewan divided highway (file photo; not the scene of the stop).
Quintin Soloviev / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a Moose Jaw man after officers seized 100,000 cigarettes from a van during a traffic stop on October 29, 2026, on Highway 16.

The RCMP Roving Traffic Unit was on traffic safety patrol that day. At about 3 p.m., officers stopped a van to check a driver’s licence. Police say they found 10 cases of illegal cigarettes inside, about 100,000 cigarettes in all.

According to the RCMP release, officers arrested the van’s only occupant, an adult man, at the scene. Police have since charged Kendell Hadley, 47, of Moose Jaw, with one count of each of these offences:

  • possession of tobacco products for the purpose of selling, Section 121.1(1) of the Criminal Code
  • possession of unstamped tobacco, Section 32(1) of the Excise Act
  • possession of unstamped tobacco that is not black stock tobacco, Section 11(8) of the Tobacco Tax Act

These are allegations. Nothing has been proven in court, and Hadley has not been convicted on them.

Hadley’s court date is January 11, 2027, in Lloydminster.

The RCMP says the Roving Traffic Unit continues to investigate. The release does not say where along Highway 16 the stop took place.