A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is seen at the Public Information Office in Winnipeg, on September 2, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski)
Winnipeg police have charged two people following a drug trafficking investigation in the city’s North End.
On Wednesday, officers stopped a vehicle in the 200 block of Belmont Avenue and arrested a 31-year-old man. Police say he was carrying bear spray and nearly $4,000 in cash.
Later that evening, police searched a nearby residence where they arrested a 27-year-old woman. The search turned up 288 grams of cocaine worth an estimated $20,000, cash, electronic scales, and drug packaging materials.
The woman was released with an appearance notice and faces charges of cocaine trafficking and possession of crime proceeds. The man remains in custody, charged with cocaine trafficking, possession of crime proceeds, possession of a weapon, and taking a vehicle without consent. Their names weren’t released.
