Drug Offences – Arrests: C21-296919

During the evening of December 22, 2021, members of the Guns & Gangs Unit, with the assistance of the Tactical Support Team and other officers, executed a search warrant at a residence in the 300 block of Collegiate Street as part of a drug trafficking investigation.

Several individuals were taken into custody, including a male and female who initially refused to exit the residence but later surrendered and a female found inside.

A number of items were seized from within the house, including the following:

- 51 grams of cocaine (estimated street value of $5,000)
- 5 grams of methamphetamine (estimated street value of $250)
- Score sheets
- A digital scale
- 40 shotgun shells
- 9 7.62×39mm cartridges

Trevor Courtney Roesler, a 36-year-old male of Winnipeg, has been charged with:

- Possession of a Scheduled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine
- Traffic in Scheduled Substance – Methamphetamine
- Possession of Scheduled Substance – Methamphetamine
- Possession of Firearm, Restricted/Prohibited Weapon or Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order (x2)
- Fail to Comply with Condition of Release Order (x4)

He was also arrested on the strength of a warrant for:

- Fail to Comply with Condition of Release Order

Laura Jeanne Powell, a 26-year-old female of Winnipeg, has been charged with:

- Possession of a Scheduled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine
- Possession of Scheduled Substance – Methamphetamine
- Fail to Comply with Condition of Release Order (x8)

She was also arrested on the strength of a warrant for:

- Fail to Comply with Condition of Release Order (x5)
- Fail to Comply with Probation Order

Both were detained in custody.

A 21-year-old male of Winnipeg is facing charges of:

- Possession of Scheduled Substance – Methamphetamine
- Fail to Comply with Probation Order

He was released on an Appearance Notice (as mandated by the Criminal Code).