A year-long investigation by Winnipeg Police known as Project Riverbank has taken down a western Canada wide illicit drug network.

In early 2018 members from the Winnipeg Police Service Organized, Crime Division began an investigation into a sophisticated drug network that supplied a number of illegal drugs across the prairies and British Columbia. Working in cooperation with other police agencies including the RCMP over the last ten months the complex investigation ended in a series of raids across the west on October 18, 2018.

16 search warrants were executed including 8 in Winnipeg, 4 in Regina, 1 in Edmonton and 3 in British Columbia’s lower mainland. The raids resulted in 10 adults arrested, including six from Winnipeg, who are collectively facing 156 charges for conspiracy, trafficking, weapons and proceeds of crime.

In total $2.7 million in drugs, cash and property were seized across the west including $1.3 million in Manitoba.

Manitoba Seizures and Values 

Cash total (approximate) $121,000

Firearms

Walther P99 9mm semi-automatic
handgun and ammunition

Drugs seized in Manitoba:

3 kg Methamphetamine
$105,000
11 kg Cocaine
$660,000
2 kg Ketamine
$14,000
6 oz Heroin
$42,000
4.5 lb Marihuana
$9,000
21 kg of cutting agent
$14,700
20 Oxycodone Pills
$800

Total Street Value Drug seized
$845,500

Vehicles seized in Manitoba:

2019 Volvo Tractor
$266,000
2018 Ford F450
$91,000
2013 Construction Trailer
$7,500
2002 Subaru
$3,500
2010 Honda Civic
$4,500
2011 BMW 328xi
$10,000
2014 Chev Camaro
$16,000
2013 Nissan Sentra
$6,000

Value of vehicles seized
$404,500

British Columbia Seizures and Values 

Cash total (approximate) $250,000

Vehicles Seized in British Columbia

2018 Dodge Ram 3500  $90,000
2018 Dodge Durango $50,000
2017 Porsche 911 $160,000
2018 BMW M4 $78,000
2016 McLaren 650s $400,000
2018 Harley Davidson  $25,000
2016 Open Range  Trailer  $75,000
Sting Ray Boat   $50,000
2014 Karavan Boat Trailer $3,000
2016 Mercedes CLA250  $30,000
2004 Suzuki GSXR  $5,000

Value of vehicles seized
$966,000
Alberta Seizures and Values

2017 Jeep Cherokee  $13,000
2 oz Cocaine $4,000
4 lb of Marihuana $8,000
Cash  $2,000

Total value of seizures in AB
$27,000

Saskatchewan Seizures and Values  

2005 Chevrolet Corvette $20,000
1999 Ford F150 $5,000

1 kg Methamphetamine $35,000
333 g Psilocybin $5,000
22 g Cocaine $1,760
Cash $5,740

Total value of seizures in Saskatchewan
$72,500

© 2018 News 4

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