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Sandy Bay drug trafficking
WINNIPEG — Two women are facing drug trafficking charges after the Manitoba First Nations Police Service launched an enforcement operation in Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation amid a recent increase in overdoses in the community.
The MFNPS’s Crime Reduction and Enforcement Unit carried out the operation Tuesday, arresting several people and seizing illicit drugs and proceeds of crime.
Police said officers seized about 48 grams of methamphetamine, approximately $2,000 in cash and a digital scale believed to be connected to drug trafficking.
A 33-year-old Portage la Prairie woman was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000 and disobeying a court order.
Investigators also executed several search warrants, including at a residence on Lake Road South in Sandy Bay, about 165 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
A 57-year-old woman was arrested following that search and charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking involving methamphetamine, fentanyl and codeine.
Both women were remanded into custody and are scheduled to appear in court at a later date.
Police said the investigation remains ongoing and additional arrests and charges are anticipated.
Weapon brandished at school
WINNIPEG — A rural Manitoba school division said there were no injuries after a student brought an edged weapon to school and verbally threatened a group of classmates.
The incident occurred Monday at Berens River School in Berens River, about 366 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
A letter from school vice-principal Sara Doucette informed parents and community members about the incident, which happened while Grade 9 students were in the school’s temporary learning space at the band hall.
“Staff immediately intervened to de-escalate the situation, and the student was safely removed from the building,” the letter said. “No injuries were reported and all students and staff were kept safe.”
The school division has been in contact with RCMP and a risk assessment is taking place.
The incident comes on the same day a 14-year-old was taken to hospital in Winnipeg after he was stabbed by another teen at Portage Collegiate Institute in Portage la Prairie. A 15-year-old from Long Plain First Nation was arrested in connection with the stabbing.
» Winnipeg Free Press