In December 2022, the Winnipeg Police Service’s Guns & Gangs Unit entered into a drug trafficking investigation within the Buchannan neighborhood.
On December 17, 2022, members of the Guns & Gang Unit, with the assistance of the Tactical Support Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence in the 1000 block of Isbister Street. Officers placed an adult male under arrest without incident.
As a result of this investigation, the following items were seized:
- Approximately 6.6 ounces of Cocaine (estimated street value of $13,000)
- Approximately 2 pounds of Psilocybin (Mushrooms) (estimated street value of $4,000)
- Approximately 19.5 pounds of Marijuana (estimated street value of $49,000)
- Approximately 7 ounces of Ecstasy (estimated street value of $3,500)
- Approximately 99 x (300 mg) packages of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) edibles (estimated street value of $2,000)
- Approximately 34 x (5 gram) packages of Psilocybin edibles
- Approximately 67 x (2 gram) packages of Psilocybin edibles
(estimated street value of all the Psilocybin edibles is $3,000)
- A money counter
- Packaging materials
- Drug scales x 2
- Drug press
- Scoresheets
- $7,540 in Canadian currency
A 45-year-old male from Winnipeg is facing the following charges:
- Possession of a Scheduled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking x 3
- Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000
- Possession for the Purpose of Distributing Cannabis
He was released on an Appearance Notice as mandated by the Criminal Code.