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Three Charged in Winnipeg Drug Trafficking Investigation

October 23, 2015 11:31 AM | News


Riverside Drive Drug Seizure

Drugs seized during a search warrant in the 100 block of Riverside Drive on October 21, 2015. (WPS / HANDOUT)

Three people are facing a hefty lift of charges after Winnipeg police raided a Fort Garry home and seized dozens of drugs.

Police executed a search warrant in the first 100 block of Riverside Drive on Tuesday after beginning a drug trafficking investigation in July.

Police seized:

  • 50 x 20mg Rabepazole Sodium
  • 25 x 1mg Respiridone
  • 15 x 20mg Citalopram Hydrobromide
    *The above medications stolen were from a residence in the 100 block of Smithfield Avenue.

  • 60 x 300mg Gabapentin
  • 6 x 24mg Hydromorph Contin
  • 1x 12mg Hydromorph Contin
  • 1.24 grams of Fentanyl
  • 9 x 1mg Clonazepam
  • 7 x 2mg Clonazepam
  • Five different varieties of unknown pills, 72 pills in total – possibly Dilaudid, also known as Hydromorphone, an abused and trafficked opioid pain killer.
  • 2 rocks (.19 grams) crack cocaine
  • 9.3 grams of Psilocybin mushrooms
  • 1.5 grams methamphetamine
  • Drug paraphernalia

Scott George Paterson, 37, a 38-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man, all from Winnipeg, were arrested and charged. Paterson remains in custody, while the other two suspects were released on promises to appear.