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CBC
12-03-2025
- CBC
Illicit drugs, currency, firearms seized in Winnipeg following drug-trafficking investigation
A network of drug traffickers transported a large quantity of illicit drugs and firearms to Winnipeg from Toronto, Winnipeg police say. Mail services, commercial airplanes, trains, off-road vehicles and boats as well as cars and trucks with hidden compartments were used to transport the drugs, Insp. Josh Ewatski of the Winnipeg Police Service's organized crime unit told reporters on Wednesday. The drugs were distributed throughout Manitoba, including Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Thompson and Sandy Bay First Nation, Ewatski said. The drug traffickers also targeted northern communities, including Norway House Cree Nation, Tataskweyak Cree Nation, Nelson House Cree Nation and The Pas. "These individuals were profiting off of these communities by selling cocaine, methamphetamine, hydromorphone and MDMA [ecstasy]," Ewatski said. On Jan. 31, Winnipeg police issued multiple search warrants following a nine-month investigation dubbed Project Lowkey. Manitoba RCMP, Manitoba First Nations Police Service, and police in Saskatoon, Vancouver and Toronto assisted in the investigation. So far, nine people have been arrested and face charges, including a 25-year-old man from Winnipeg and a 19-year-old man from Sandy Bay First Nation who were among those arrested in the province. Both have been charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. Police are still searching for five people for their alleged involvement in the drug trafficking network, Ewatski said. Police have seized seven loaded firearms, various types of ammunition, cocaine, methamphetamine, hydromorphone pills, drug packaging materials, Canadian currency and three vehicles.
CBC
13-02-2025
- CBC
4 masked, armed robbers hold up 2 gas stations in southern Manitoba
Two gas stations in Manitoba were robbed at gunpoint by four masked people in the past week, say RCMP, who believe the same group is likely responsible for both robberies. The group went into a station in Teulon, north of Winnipeg, around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 7 and demanded cash and cigarettes from the employee, police said. The robbers were all wearing dark clothing with balaclavas or something else covering their faces. One had a gun and one carried a baseball bat. They left with an undisclosed amount of money and cigarettes, getting into a dark blue C300 Mercedes-Benz, possibly a 2017 or 2018, with an unknown licence plate, police said. Two days later, around 10:30 p.m., a gas station in Swan Lake First Nation was robbed the same way. The robbers were dressed the same way and sped off in the same type of sedan. Two were armed with handguns, one with a baseball bat. Again, they got away with an undisclosed amount of money. No one was injured in either incident, an RCMP spokesperson said. Swan Lake is about 75 kilometres southwest of Portage la Prairie. Teulon is about 45 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Anyone with information is asked to call RCMP at 204-467-5591 or the Manitoba First Nations Police Service at 204-836-2630.
