Weapons and drugs seized as part of Project Dolor are shown at Manitoba “D” Division in Winnipeg on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. (RCMP HANDOUT)
Fifteen people have been arrested as part of a nearly two-year ongoing investigation into a drug and weapons trafficking network operating in several southern Manitoba communities.
RCMP say more than 10 kilograms of illicit drugs were seized through Project Dolor — a joint investigation between the Winkler Police Service and the Manitoba Integrated Law Enforcement Team (MILET), launched in December 2024 after Winkler officers learned multiple kilograms of cocaine were being imported to a Winkler-area business and sought RCMP support.
During the investigation, officers gathered evidence that also included other drugs and weapons. A wave of arrests in the past month was backed by search warrants executed at residential and commercial properties in Winkler, the RM of Stuartburn, Thornhill, La Riviere and McCreary.
In total, 67 charges have been laid, including 29 against Tyler Thorvaldson, a 28-year-old Carman man arrested in February by RCMP after a Highway 2 traffic stop turned up two kilograms of cocaine and a prohibited handgun. He remains in custody.
The 15 suspects — 14 men and one woman — live in 10 different Manitoba communities. Charges have been laid against 13, with two more pending against Winnipeg men recently arrested. Three suspects remain in custody, and further charges and arrests are expected.
Seizures from the investigation include approximately eight kilograms of cocaine, 2.5 kilograms of psilocybin, 13 restricted handguns (three illegally trafficked), 44 non-restricted firearms (mostly unlawfully stored), thousands of rounds of ammunition, four vehicles worth a combined $110,000, 228 cartons of unstamped tobacco, and $4,500 in cash.
Drugs seized as part of Project Dolor are shown at Manitoba “D” Division in Winnipeg on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. (RCMP HANDOUT)
“The efforts of officers working on Project Dolor have been successful in dismantling a criminal network and disrupting the local drug trade in several communities,” said Assistant Commissioner Scott McMurchy, the RCMP’s commanding officer in Manitoba.
Several RCMP units assisted with the case, along with the Winnipeg Police Service, Morden Police Service, the Manitoba Criminal Intelligence Centre, Manitoba Justice, the Canada Revenue Agency and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations.
