WINNIPEG – What could have been a run-of-the-mill speeding ticket turned into a large drug bust on a Manitoba highway.
RCMP say they stopped a car for speeding on Highway 2 in the RM of Victoria, at about 5 p.m. on Sunday. The vehicle was clocked doing 116 kilometres per hour in a 100 km/h zone.
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Inside the 2000 Chrysler Intrepid, Mounties found almost a kilogram of marijuana, along with morphine and Clonazepam pills and cash.
Daryl Todd Price, 51, of Cypress River and Sean Hudson Purdy, 32, of McCreary face various drug-related charges.
They’ve been released pending court appearances.
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