KEEWAYWIN — A man from Winnipeg was among those arrested by Nishnawbe Aski police for alleged drug trafficking in the remote First Nation, according to the Indigenous police force.
According to a press release issued Monday, officers from the service’s intelligence unit and emergency response team searched a home in Keewaywin in the early morning of Jan. 31, as part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in the community.
Officers had a warrant for the search, police said.
The search turned up a quantity of a substance believed to be cocaine, police said, along with cash and other items consistent with drug trafficking. The drugs have a street value of $315,000, a police spokesperson said.
A 26 year-old man from Winnipeg and two Keewaywin residents — one 27 and one 22 — were each charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and having property obtained by crime with a value of over $5,000.
The two accused from Keewaywin were released with conditions and future court dates, while the suspect from Winnipeg had a bail hearing on Feb. 1 and was kept in custody. He also has a future court date.
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