Joseph Liew, 36, is charged with 35 drug and firearm-related offences.Jonathan Alexander Herntier, 37, is charged with 46 drug, firearms, and assault-related offences.None of the charges have been proven in court. “One of the individuals involved here brought these drugs into the city and is solely responsible for the drugs you see on the table and the weapons you see on the table,” he alleged.įour people from Winnipeg were charged with a total of 109 offences. Hall noted the drugs seized by police were being trafficked. But, for this particular individual or group, this is significant.” There are other drug networks out there that are trafficking in Winnipeg as well. This is a large amount of methamphetamine. “So this is a significant seizure for police and the people in Winnipeg. “Depending on a drug network or a criminal organization, every 10 to 14 days generally drug traffickers will come in and for lack of better words ‘reload,’” he explained. He added this meth seizure is probably just the “tip of the iceberg.” “This is a highly addictive and dangerous drug, which has plunged individuals and the health-care system into crisis.” Elton Hall, commander of organized crime, at a news conference on Wednesday where the items seized were on display. “I’d like to point out the significant seizure of 18 kilograms of methamphetamine in front of me today,” said Insp. Various ammunition (compatible with all these firearms) and įentanyl seized by police during a recent investigation (CTV News Photo Glenn Pismenny).
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9 mm Ruger rifle model PC Carbine – obliterated serial number.A money counter, vacuum sealer and packaging materials.19 Percocet pills and 36 Gabapentin pills with a combined estimated street value of $200.500 grams of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $139,000.1.5 kilograms of Psilocybin with an estimated street value of $15,000.8.5 kilograms of Xanax pills with an estimated street value of $250,000.2.7 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $214,000.17.8 kilograms of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $890,000.19, officers executed three search warrants – one at a home in the first 100 block of Dalhousie Drive, one at a home in the 200 block of Provencher Boulevard, and another at a hotel in the 1800 block of Pembina Highway.ĭuring these searches, police seized more than $1.5 million in illicit drugs, $150,000 in cash, and a number of firearms and ammunition.ĭrugs and firearms seized by police during a recent investigation (CTV News Photo Glenn Pismenny) The guns and gangs unit then continued with the investigation, which turned into a firearm and drug-related investigation. The Winnipeg police’s guns and gangs unit, as well as the organized crime unit, began their investigation in August 2021 due to a social media post involving a gun.
Officers with the Winnipeg Police Service have laid more than 100 charges following a drugs and firearms investigation that resulted in the seizure of over $1.5 million in illicit drugs and numerous firearms.
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