Drug Trafficking Among Charges Laid Following Evade  

A 30-year-old male is facing multiple charges after evading police and driving dangerously through the city.

Shortly before 7:30 p.m. last night (August 4, 2025), patrol officers were dispatched to a business in the 3700 block of Chuka Boulevard for a report of an impaired driver.

As officers, on the ground, were en route to the address, the Aerial Support Unit locked into the vehicle’s location from above. ASU informed ground patrol units that the vehicle was leaving the area and appeared to be swerving as it drove down the road, nearly colliding with both parked vehicles and oncoming traffic.

Officers on the ground initiated a traffic stop and discovered two people inside the vehicle. The driver was showing signs of impairment and provided fraudulent identification. Officers repeatedly asked him to exit the vehicle. He refused and fled the scene at a high rate of speed.

The Aerial Support Unit tracked the vehicle from the sky as the driver travelled through the east end of the city, disobeying traffic signals, nearly colliding with various vehicles and almost hitting a child on a bicycle. At times the driver was travelling at speeds of 100 km/h down residential streets.

The vehicle finally came to a stop near the 1400 block of Grosvenor Street. Both occupants of the vehicle ran from the scene. ASU directed officers to the occupants near Dewdney Avenue and the Ring Road. After a short foot chase, the two suspects were taken into custody.

A search of the suspect driver subsequent to arrest turned up:

• 219 grams of methamphetamine;
• Small quantity of cocaine;
• Cash; and
• Pocket knife.

As a result, 30- year-old Nickolaos VELIKAS is charged with:

• Possession of a Scheduled Substance for the Purpose Of Trafficking [CDSA 5(2)];
• Obstruction [CC 129(A)]
• Resist Arrest [CC 129(A)];
• Identity Fraud With Intent to Avoid Arrest [CC 403(1)(D)
• Operate Conveyance Dangerous to the Public [CT 320.13];
• Impaired Operation of a Conveyance by Alcohol or a Drug or Combination [CT 320.14(1)(A)]; and
• Operation of a Conveyance While Prohibited [CT 320.18(1)(A)].

 VELIKAS made his first appearance on these charges in Regina Provincial Court this afternoon (August 5, 2025) at 2:30 p.m.