Selkirk man charged after drug investigation
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A Selkirk man has been charged after an investigation into drugs being smuggled from Winnipeg to northwestern Ontario.
Ontario Provincial Police began the investigation, working with the Treaty Three Police Service and the Winnipeg Police Service, earlier this month. Officers tried to stop a vehicle on Highway 17 near Kenora on Dec. 10. The driver pulled over but then sped away, the OPP said in a news release Tuesday.
The driver was arrested at a Keewatin home. Police searched the home and seized suspected illegal drugs: 640 grams of cocaine, 70 grams of crack cocaine and 610 grams of magic mushrooms. The suspected drugs are worth an estimated $90,000, the OPP said.
A 50-year-old man is charged with possession of cocaine and psilocybin for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, flight from police and dangerous driving.
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A 50-year-old Manitoba man has been charged after an investigation into drugs being smuggled into northwestern Ontario.