Police seize 10 kilos of meth, arrest 6 accused of trafficking drugs from B.C. to Manitoba
Six people have been charged in connection with what police say was a drug-trafficking operation that brought narcotics from British Columbia to Manitoba.
The Winnipeg Police Service's guns and gangs unit joined forces with Surrey RCMP on an investigation last December, which led to the southwestern B.C. force intercepting a Winnipeg-bound package containing 10 kilograms of methamphetamine and two kilograms of cocaine on Jan. 3, Winnipeg police said in a news release Wednesday
The drugs had an estimated street value of $180,000, police said.
Police say between January and March, they executed search warrants at the Stony Mountain federal prison just north of Winnipeg, along with several Winnipeg locations: a Donald Street apartment, a home on Main Street north of Kildonan Park, two commercial businesses on Main Street, and a commercial business on Sanford Street, near Polo Park mall.
Police said over the course of their investigation, they seized more than $45,000 in Canadian currency, $36,000 worth of illegal cigarettes, drug trafficking materials and packaging, two stun guns, knives and cellphones, as well as three vehicles — two of which had altered vehicle identification number plates — and a utility trailer, which also had an altered VIN plate.
The people arrested include a 46-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., two Winnipeg men — ages 42 and 36 — and a 24-year-old Winnipeg woman, all of whom are charged with trafficking meth and cocaine, among various other charges.
All four are in custody, police said.
A 30-year-old Winnipeg man is also facing methamphetamine trafficking and possession charges, among several other charges, and was released on an undertaking.
A 40-year-old currently in custody at the Stony Mountain Institution has also been charged with cocaine trafficking and possession, three counts of possessing a weapon, and three counts of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
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