{"id":920713,"date":"2026-10-04T21:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/920713\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T21:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:02:14","slug":"winnipeg-police-arrest-3-people-after-drugs-allegedly-found-during-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/920713\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg police arrest 3 people after drugs allegedly found during traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg police (WPS) arrested three people for allegedly possessing illicit drugs, weapons, and cash during a traffic stop in the north end Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Police say officers stopped a compact sedan travelling northbound, around 8:30 a.m., on Powers Street near Flora Avenue after noticing the vehicle had a smashed windshield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile speaking with the vehicle\u2019s three occupants, officers noticed a weapon in plain view,\u201d WPS said, in a press release Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Police seized a machete, plastic brass knuckles with a functioning taser, 73 grams on fentanyl, 9 grams of cocaine, 13 grams of crack cocaine, various amounts of prescription pills, scales and packaging materials and $790 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Courchene, 41, was charged with seven different weapons, drug trafficking and proceeds of crime-related offences.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old male driver and a 33-year-old woman passenger are facing similar charges.<\/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\/10\/1791147734_233_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":"Winnipeg police (WPS) arrested three people for allegedly possessing illicit drugs, weapons, and cash during a traffic stop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-920713","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\/920713","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=920713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}