Just before 10:00 am on Saturday, October 21, 2017, police observed a suspicious vehicle in the West End.
A traffic stop was performed in the 500 block of Balmoral Street and three people were arrested for drug-related offences. Officers seized a number of drugs, cash and trafficking paraphernalia including:
- 47 grams of Methamphetamine (valued at approximately $5,100).
- 10 grams of Heroin (valued at approximately $4,000).
- 23 pills of pressed Fentanyl designed to look like 80mg Oxycontin pills (valued at approximately $1,800)
- 2 cell-phones
- 2 digital scales and various drug-related packaging materials.
- Approximately $500 in Canadian currency.
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Robert Trevor Lander, a 41-year-old male from Winnipeg, Annette Lucy Letendre, a 40-year-old female from Winnipeg and A 38-year-old male from Elie, Manitoba face the following charges:
- Possession of a Scheduled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Methamphetamin
- Possession of a Scheduled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl
- Possession of a Scheduled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Heroin
- Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime under $5,000
Lander also faces an additional charge of Fail to Comply with Probation Order.
Lander and Letendre were detained in custody. The 38-year-old male was released on a promise to appear in court.
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