WINNIPEG – In May 2020, the Winnipeg Police Service Organized Crime Unit (OCU) commenced an investigation into a high level, inter-provincial cocaine trafficking cell dubbed “Project Gold Dust.” OCU was assisted by the Crime Analysis Unit, Guns and Gangs Unit, Drug Enforcement Unit, Affiant Unit, Tactical Support Team, Uniform Operations, Community Support, Canine, Brandon Police…
Bus Shelter Attack
WINNIPEG – Police say they’re looking for two suspects after two people were seriously assaulted with a weapon in a downtown Winnipeg bus shelter. The Winnipeg Police Service says the nighttime attack in the shelter at Portage and Edmonton seems to have been random. When officers arrived, they discovered a 50-year-old woman and 19-year-old man…
This Month’s Most Wanted
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Police and Winnipeg Crime Stoppers have just released their Wanted List for February. Do you recognize any of them? (Clockwise from top left) Kenneth Munroe was serving a six-year federal sentence when he became eligible for release on December 12. Police say he breached his conditions, and has a Canada-wide arrest…
Arrests In Theft Spree
WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP say they’re still investigating following the arrest of two Winnipeggers accused in a series of thefts in the Headingley area. Police say local detachments recovered a large stash of stolen items with the help of the Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team (CREST) while executing a search warrant in Winnipeg exactly a…
Arrest In Nightclub Shooting
WINNIPEG – Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting outside a Winnipeg nightclub last summer that sent three people to hospital. 19 year old Carson Ray Mario McIvor has been charged with 15 firearms and assault-related charges. An arrest warrant was issued for him after the shooting on August 1st in the 500 block…
Illegal Cigarette Bust
WINNIPEG – RCMP raids have netted 729,000 illegal cigarettes. The Mounties arrested a man and woman after executing search warrants in Winnipeg and Richer, Manitoba. Officers also seized 15 grams of psilocybin, 74 grams of cocaine, 300 Percocet tablets, 220 hydromorphine tabs, two firearms and drug paraphernalia. The 39 year old Steinbach man and 62…
Drugs Thrown From Cab
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Police say two suspects are facing multiple charges related to guns and drugs after a bust at a Sargent Park-area hotel on Valentine’s Day. The WPS says the Guns and Gangs Unit, Tactical Support Team, and officers from their West District detachment executed a search warrant at the hotel on Sunday evening,…