This past Monday, June 3, at about 8:40 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP patrolled the community and noticed a vehicle with no registration at the corner of 6th Avenue NW and Fisher Avenue. A traffic stop was initiated.
Police confirmed that the vehicle was not registered and the 24-year-old woman from Portage did not have a valid license. The 28-year-old man in the vehicle was found to be breaching a Release Order not to have contact with the driver. He was arrested.
Upon search of the vehicle, officers found:
- open liquor,
- 1.2 grams of cocaine,
- and drug trafficking paraphernalia.
The man is charged with:
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking
- and Fail to Comply with Release Order Condition.
He was remanded into custody. The woman was released with four Highway Traffic Act Tickets.