{"id":942433,"date":"2026-10-22T19:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942433\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:38:12","slug":"hunting-crossbow-fentanyl-seized-by-winnipeg-police-downtown-2-women-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/942433\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting crossbow, fentanyl seized by Winnipeg police downtown; 2 women charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two women are facing charges after Winnipeg police say they seized drugs and weapons on Wednesday as part of an investigation into drug trafficking and other criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Police Service says officers identified a home on King Edward Street linked to two suspects and \u201cbelieved to be connected to illicit activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two suspects were arrested on Portage Avenue around 7 p.m., and police say they seized 70 grams of methamphetamine, 3 grams of fentanyl, a vial of GHB, two cell phones and $355 cash.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say a search of the home led to the seizure of a 12-guage shotgun with obliterated serial number, shotgun shells, a crossbow and 21 grams of psilocybin.<\/p>\n<p>Two women \u2013 aged 36 and 43 \u2013 are facing numerous firearms, weapons, drug trafficking and proceeds of crime-related 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\/1792697892_864_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":"Two women are facing charges after Winnipeg police say they seized drugs and weapons on Wednesday as part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-942433","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\/942433","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=942433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}