7 adults, 3 teens, face charges following drug bust: Winnipeg police
The Winnipeg Police Service say ten people, including three teens, have been charged following a drug bust over the weekend.
WPS says around 5 a.m. on May 7, officers responded to reports of a fight within an apartment.
When officers arrived, they found several people within the apartment, along with drugs “in plain view.”
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Officers immediately took all the individuals — four men in their 20s, three teenage boys between the ages of 13-15, and three women between the ages of 19 and 20 — into custody.
Police then issued a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant and seized the following items:
- 30.5 grams of Crack Cocaine (estimated street value of $5,000)
- 93 grams of powdered Cocaine (estimated street value of $9,300)
- Approximately $10,000 in Canadian Currency
- 5 cell phones
- Trafficking paraphernalia
All ten individuals have since been charged with possession of cocaine with the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of property obtained by a crime.
Meanwhile, they have since been released on an undertaking as mandated by the Criminal Code.
