Guns, drugs, cash seized after shots fired in St. Matthews

Three teenagers are facing charges after reports of gunfire in the St. Matthews neighbourhood led police to uncover a cache of guns, drugs and cash believed to be connected to a trafficking operation.

Officers responded to the 200 block of Simcoe Street just before 1 a.m. on April 24, where an unidentified suspect had fired several bullets into a home. Nobody inside the residence was injured, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Tuesday.

Investigators secured a search warrant for the property and seized an array of weapons, including a loaded MP40 submachine gun, two hunting rifles, two handguns, one shotgun a machete and 3D-printed brass knuckles. Officers also found about $1,300 worth of cocaine and crack, $9,700 in cash, five cellphones and other drug packaging paraphernalia, WPS said.

Police arrested two teens, ages 16 and 17 years old, who were inside the home at the time. Investigators also issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect, 19, who turned himself in at police headquarters Tuesday.

Anyone with information, or who may have dashcam, security, or cellphone video from around the time of the incident, is asked to contact the Major Crimes Unit at 204-986-6219 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers 204-786-8477 (TIPS) or winnipegcrimestoppers.org.