Cyclist found with shotgun, fentanyl
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A 32-year-old man has been charged after police seized a sawed-off shotgun and nine grams of fentanyl from a cyclist in the North End on Saturday night.
Police officers in a cruiser were patrolling around Redwood Avenue and Andrews Street when a man on a mountain bike passed in front of the police cruiser, nearly causing a collision, the Winnipeg Police Service stated in a news release. Police chased the cyclist and arrested him.
They seized a loaded sawed-off Winchester model 12-gauge shotgun, 20 shotgun shells, and nine grams of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $3,600.
The 32-year-old suspect has been charged with multiple weapons offences, drug possession, and failing to exercise due care on a roadway under the Highway Traffic Act.
He was detained in custody.