A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is seen at the Public Information Office in Winnipeg, on September 2, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski)
A 37-year-old man is facing 11 firearms charges after police seized guns, cocaine and cash in the Peguis neighbourhood.
Winnipeg police assisted the RCMP on Tuesday, who were leading a CBSA drug-trafficking investigation, and executed a search warrant on Goodfellow Way.
Christopher James Athwal was arrested without incident and was allegedly in possession of 3.5 grams of suspected cocaine
Officers also seized a loaded Kriss Vector .45 calibre rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun, both with obliterated serial numbers, along with ammunition, 408 grams of cocaine valued at $27,000, cutting agents, drug packaging equipment and roughly $150,000 in cash.
Athwal is charged with 11 firearm-related offences, possession of a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000. He remains in custody.
