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Winnipeg’s Street Crime unit has seized thousands of dollars worth of illegal drugs including methamphetamine and fentanyl along with weapons and cash.

On Saturday, August 11, 2018, officers noticed a vehicle parked with its doors open in the area of Sargent Avenue and Furby Street.

When officers stopped to talk to a man and a woman standing outside the car they noticed a knife and a can of bear spray inside it

Both people were taken into custody and officers then searched the vehicle and found:

– Canister of bear spray
– Knife
– 43 grams of methamphetamine (estimated street value of $6,450)
– 2 fentanyl tablets (estimated street value of $160)
– 14 Percocet tablets (estimated street value of $20)
– 12 Clonazepam pills (estimated street value of $60)
– 4 Temazepam pills (estimated street value of $40)
– 9 Hydromorphone pills (estimated street value of $300)
– 5 grams of marijuana (estimated street value of $50)
– 1.26 grams of cocaine (estimated street value of $20)
– 3 mobile phones
– Packaging materials
– $1,160 in Canadian currency

Two additional knives and $575 on cash were also found on the male suspect when officers searched him

Harley James McLeod, 29 and Kaitlynn Rae Burke, 26, both from Kenora, Ontario are facing a number of trafficking and weapons charges for their alleged involvement.

Both suspects were detained in custody.