Pistol found, four face charges 

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Four people are facing charges after RCMP found a handgun in a vehicle during a traffic stop.

Officers stopped a speeding vehicle headed south on Highway 6, about 75 kilometres north of Grand Rapids, at about 5 p.m. Monday. Three people were inside.

Police found a handgun and a magazine filled with rounds of a different calibre of ammunition.

All four people were arrested for unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon. A 37-year-old man, a 28-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman were released from custody until a court date. All are from Winnipeg.

One of the passengers, a 17-year-old boy, had pending weapons-trafficking charges and remains in custody.