{"id":693466,"date":"2026-05-25T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693466\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T22:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:02:13","slug":"police-seize-21-loaded-handguns-drugs-and-cash-from-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693466\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seize 21 loaded handguns, drugs, and cash from apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A 24-year-old is facing 89 charges for firearms and drug trafficking offences after police seized 21 loaded guns from an apartment suite near Central Park.<\/p>\n<p>Jawad Miakhail, 24, was arrested on May 7 by a member of the organized crime unit on Corydon Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Following his arrest, police executed a search warrant at a Cumberland Avenue residence where they found 27 grams of cocaine, approximately $25,000 in cash, a silencer and around 200 rounds of ammunition, police said at a Monday news conference.<\/p>\n<p>Insp. Josh Ewatski of the Winnipeg Police Service&#8217;s organized crime division said police found evidence the accused was involved with organized crime and trafficking cocaine to northern communities.<\/p>\n<p>As of right now, there&#8217;s no indication this is tied to any larger drug seizures in the province, Ewatski said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipeg.ca\/police\/community\/news-releases\/2026-05-20-interprovincial-drug-investigation-leads-largest-illicit-drug-seizure-manitoba-history-33\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Organized Crime Unit announced Project Puma<\/a> \u2014 a two-year investigation which led to the province\u2019s largest illicit drug seizure and 33 arrests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police say they also found evidence that one of the firearms was discharged within the Cumberland Avenue residence, and that it struck a church across the street.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are continuing to trace the guns to determine where they came from, and if they&#8217;ve been used in other offences, police said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Handguns positioned on a desk\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779746533_45_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Twenty-one loaded handguns, a silencer and approximately 200 rounds of ammunition found during execution of a search warrant on May 7, police say. (Prabhjot Singh\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are all firearms that were meant for illegal purposes, whether it&#8217;s illegal possession or use in a criminal offence,&#8221; Ewatski said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many of these firearms are trafficked within the province and across the country, either before or after being used.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ewatski says Winnipeg police have seized 180 guns this year, and investigated six gun-related homicides and 42 shootings, including 13 where someone was hit.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, police seized 756 guns, and investigated nine firearm-related homicides and 93 shootings, including 34 where someone was hit, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Miakhail is facing multiple charges relating to the possession and storage of restricted and prohibited weapons, and was also charged with possession for the purpose of weapons trafficking.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-693466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}