Pot shop break-in leads Winnipeg cops to stolen vehicles

A break-in astatine a Winnipeg cannabis shop led constabulary to nan betterment of 2 stolen vehicles and different contraband.

Officers were called to nan Henderson Highway shop astir 6 a.m. Wednesday, and sewage location conscionable successful clip to spot a pickup motortruck pinch Ontario plates fly nan scene, driving erratically connected sidewalks and successful and retired of traffic.

The truck, constabulary determined, had been reported stolen while parked connected Ottawa Avenue 2 days earlier, and nan licence sheet itself was stolen from different conveyance nan aforesaid day.

Police said they spotted nan motortruck parked connected Bowman Avenue a fewer hours later, and arrested a fishy nearby. The man was besides alleged to person surgery into a pizzeria connected Henderson earlier connected Wednesday morning.

The investigation led to a hunt astatine a Jamison Avenue home, and constabulary seized different stolen conveyance — this 1 had been reported stolen from a Castle Avenue location July 12 — arsenic good arsenic cannabis products reported stolen from nan unit break-in, and $40 worthy of fentanyl.

A 33-year-old Winnipeg man is successful custody facing a database of charges, including 2 counts of breaking, entering and theft, and 3 counts of possessing spot obtained by crime. He has besides been charged pinch fleeing police, vulnerable driving, driving while prohibited, and possession of fentanyl.