The Saskatoon Integrated Drug Unit searched an apartment on the 500 block of Fifth Avenue North, where officers found more than three kilograms of marijuana, 65 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine, 200 grams of hash and more than $23,000 cash.

Braun was arrested, as was a 30-year-old 30-year-old Clint McLaughlin, who faces charges of possession of less than three kilograms of marijuana.

Braun is charged with possession of more than $25,000, at least $5,000 of which is alleged to be a proceed of crime, possession of psilocybin (magic mushrooms), possession of less than a gram of cannabis resin and possession of cannabis resin, marijuana and cocaine for the purposes of trafficking.

Braun has a long history of public service in the city.

In 1991, he was appointed by the government as chair of the Mental Health Advisory Council, a title he held until 1997.

He was an elected member of the former Saskatoon District Health's board from 1995 to 1999. When districts were amalgamated into regions in 2002, then-NDP health minister John Nilson appointed him to the board. He was reappointed in 2005.

He was also president of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Saskatchewan division, from 2000 to 2002.

In addition, Braun has served on the boards of the Friendship Inn and Saskatoon Housing Coalition, and worked with Crocus Co-op and PRIDE Canada.

He also received a Saskatchewan Centennial Medal in June 2005.