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Officers seized 4 replica firearms, no charges laid as of Wednesday afternoon

Saskatchewan RCMP arrested 17 adults, including cult leader Romana Didulo, in the village of Richmound on Wednesday after a firearms investigation.

At a news conference on Wednesday afternoon in Regina, Insp. Ashley St. Germaine said RCMP executed a search warrant at a privately owned decommissioned school in Richmound at around 4:30 a.m CST.

Didulo and her followers have been living for two years in the village of approximately 118 people, located 365 kilometres west of Regina, near the Alberta border.

Germaine said RCMP got a report on Aug. 25 of one of the building's occupants possessing a firearm. That led to the investigation that culminated in the raid.

"A team of skilled and experienced senior officers was established to oversee this large and complex operation," she said.

More than 30 police vehicles from multiple jurisdictions, including two tactical vehicles, were at the scene, Germaine said.

A livestream video, posted by Didulo to her followers on Telegram at 5:51 a.m. CST on Wednesday, captured the moment when two officers wearing tactical gear burst into a room where Didulo was standing.

"Leave the phone down. You're under arrest," one officer says in the video.

Didulo surrenders to officers and the camera is pointed at the floor for a few minutes. Voices off camera then remark that the phone is livestreaming before the video ends.

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago

My buddies father in law was the mayor of that town when this shit all started. I wonder if he still is.

He told me they got family members of his wife to turn against them in town meetings, like HARD, like never talk to your brothers again bad.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

They're fruits, but I'm betting "replica firearms" means "black powder". Yes, they can certainly be deadly, but my god, if you're never used black power, it's a monster pain in the ass. I can get a total of 3 or 4 shots off, reloading each time of course, and the barrel is too filthy to shove the next ball in.

BP guns are such a joke, even felonious Americans can own them, and most states allow them to be shipped straight to your porch. I have never heard of a crime being committed with one. LOL, it's like California banning modern .50cal guns. Has anyone in the history of ever used a .50BMG to crime?! OK, except Israel.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Sorry, miss, but there's only enough room in this town for the one of us, and I'm already happily married."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana_Didulo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III

[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

Relevant:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton

Joshua Abraham Norton (February 4, 1818 – January 8, 1880) was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 declared himself "Emperor of these United States" in a proclamation that he signed "Norton I., Emperor of the United States".[1] Commonly known as Emperor Norton, he took the secondary title "Protector of Mexico" in 1866.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Lock her up in a psych ward and throw away the key.