Winnipeg police have charged six people and seized nearly $30,000 in drugsin two separate incidents on Saturday.
Police said the first bust was made around 9:45 a.m. when officers pulled over a suspicious vehicle in the 500 block of Balmoral Street. Two men and one woman were arrested and charged after police seized more than $10,000 in drugs including:
- 47 grams of meth valued at $5,100
- 10 grams of heroin valued at $4,000
- 23 pills of fentanyl designed to look like 80mg of oxycontin pills valued at $1,800.
- Two cell-phones, two digital scales and various drug-related packaging materials
- Approximately $500 in Canadian currency.
Robert Trevor Lander, 41, Annette Lucy Letendre, 40 and a 38-year-old man have all been arrested and charged with a number of drug and trafficking offences.
Winnipeg police said the second bust occurred around 7:45 p.m. when officers executed a search warrant at a residential suite building in the 2500 block of Waverley Street.
Police said three men were taken into custody and the investigation ledto the seizure of more than $18,000 worth of drugs including:
- 3.4 ounces of crack cocaine valued at $11,424
- 5.1 ounces of cocaine valued at $6,200
- 6 grams of shatter valued at $600
- 11 cell-phones, two digital scales and various drug-related packaging material
- A 9mm handgun with a loaded magazine and an altered serial number
- 14 .30-06 ammunition cartridges
Yusuf Abdulqadir Ali, 21, Joseph Sunday Frangi, 25, and Simalew Tolcha Mammo, 27, have all been charged with a number of drug and firearm related offences.
Police believe all six arrests and seized items are related to drug trafficking within the city.
