{"id":830067,"date":"2026-07-27T22:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/830067\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:11:10","slug":"traffic-stop-leads-to-drug-bust-2-people-charged-rcmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/830067\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic stop leads to drug bust, 2 people charged: RCMP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A routine traffic stop north of Winnipeg has led to a major drug seizure.<\/p>\n<p>RCMP say officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 6 near Grosse Isle, around 7:30 a.m. on July 22. <\/p>\n<p>During a conversation with the driver and passenger, the officer became suspicious of the pair and believed that they may have been carrying proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they seized more than $10,000 in cash and later learned the passenger was wanted on an outstanding drug trafficking warrant.<\/p>\n<p>A search of a Winnipeg home uncovered about one kilogram of methamphetamine, roughly 799 suspected fentanyl pills and other items.<\/p>\n<p>A 23-year-old Winnipeg man now faces multiple drug and property-related charges, while a 24-year-old Winnipeg woman has been charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A routine traffic stop north of Winnipeg has led to a major drug seizure. RCMP say officers stopped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-830067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830067","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=830067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}