Trafficker got tips from Manitoba Finance official to avoid getting caught with illegal cigarettes: court doc
A Winnipeg man who led a drug trafficking ring used tips from a Manitoba Finance official to avoid getting caught with illegal cigarettes, and paid a security guard to hold a large amount of cocaine, a court document says.
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![At a news conference on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, police in Manitoba displayed items seized as part of an operation called Project Dawgpound, including cocaine, contraband cigarettes, prescription pills, ecstasy, cannabis, hash, fentanyl, purple down, carfentanil, crystal meth, magic mushrooms and gang-related patches. A table is crowded with cartons of cigarettes, bags of drugs and gang paraphernalia.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6778492.1703359573!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/seized-items-as-part-of-project-dawgpound.jpeg)
A Winnipeg man who led a drug trafficking ring used tips from a Manitoba Finance official to avoid getting caught with illegal cigarettes, and paid a security guard to hold a large amount of cocaine, a court document says.