RCMP Traffic Services intercept large quantity of Marihuana on Manitoba Highway

The Mounties got their man. On April 3, 2017 RCMP stopped a commercial truck in West Hawk Lake bound for Mississauga, Ontario. for a regulatory vehicle inspection.

As officers performed the inspection they uncovered 118 pounds of Marihuana hidden within the cargo

“We are committed to safer highways and communities, and any interruption in the drug supply contributes to this,” said Inspector Ed Moreland, Officer in Charge of Traffic Services in Manitoba. “Apprehending such criminality is a role we take very seriously.”

Police seized the transport truck under the Manitoba Criminal Property Forfeiture Act and charged 29 year old Dunken Trask form Vancouver, BC with Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Trask is scheduled to appear in court in Winnipeg on May 11, 2017. 

The investigation is ongoing.

-News4 Staff-

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