Guns, silencers, drugs seized in raids
Police say officers seized 30 guns and more $60,000 worth of drugs in a joint investigation targeting a network of cocaine and firearms traffickers throughout the province.
The Winnipeg Police Service and Manitoba RCMP launched Project Quarry in November.
After obtaining warrants, officers searched homes and vehicles on the 100 blocks of Somerville Avenue and Strauss Drive in Winnipeg, on 3rd Avenue and on Oak Drive in Stonewall, and at two locations in the surrounding Rural Municipality of Rockwood between March 17 and March 19.
Five people — two Winnipeg women, ages 46 and 23, two Stonewall men, ages 47 and 36, and a 48-year-old Rockwood man — are charged with a total of 53 drug and gun offences, the WPS said.
The firearms included handguns, rifles and shotguns, and police also found ammunition.
'Some of the guns had been reported stolen, while others were smuggled into Canada. Investigators also seized illegal accessories, such as silencers and devices that can convert guns to fire automatically,' the WPS said in a news release Thursday.
Police also seized $60,000 worth of cocaine and hydromorphone, drug packaging and trafficking materials, and crash.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
fpcity@freepress.mb.ca
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