News - Contraband

Late last month, Portage la Prairie RCMP members executed a search warrant at a business located in the 1500 block of Saskatchewan Avenue in the City of Portage la Prairie.

On March 24, 2010, at about 3am, Portage la Prairie RCMP members stopped a 1988 Ford motor home, traveling eastbound on the Trans Canada Highway in the City of Portage la Prairie, for failing to stop at a red light.

On March 13, 2010 at about 12pm, Portage la Prairie RCMP seized 1176 cartons of contraband cigarettes in a traffic stop near Highway 242 West in Portage la Prairie.

On February 5, 2010, at about 1pm, a Portage la Prairie RCMP member was patrolling the Trans Canada Highway near Road 31 West in Portage la Prairie when a 1997 GMC 2500 truck from Quebec was observed traveling westbound.

In early 2009, RCMP Boissevain Customs & Excise Section along with the Manitoba Finance Special Investigation Unit in Brandon, began an investigation into allegations that unstamped cigarettes were being sold in and around the Brandon area.

RCMP Winnipeg Customs and Excise Section were notified by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials that they had detected and seized a courier shipment of illegal contraband chewing tobacco, destined to two businesses in Winnipeg.

On November 2, 2009 at about 1:30am, a Portage la Prairie RCMP member was patrolling the Trans Canada Highway near Angle Road in Portage la Prairie when a 1996 Ford Windstar van from British Columbia was observed traveling Westbound.

On May 28, 2009, RCMP Winnipeg Customs & Excise Section with the assistance of Manitoba Finance Special Investigations Unit seized a total of 80 cases of contraband cigarettes in Winnipeg.

Officials from RCMP Traffic Services and the Manitoba Finance Special Investigations Unit seized 150 cases of illegal, unmarked cigarettes in plastic bags and 25 cases of “discount” brand cigarettes in the West Hawk Lake area near the Manitoba-Ontario border on May 13.