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Winnipeg police seize gun, drugs after West End apartment search

Winnipeg police will hold a press conference Thursday to discuss numerous offences. File / Global News

A police search of a West End apartment has ended in a long list of firearms and drugs charges.

Winnipeg police said they started their investigation into a “male that was in possession of a firearm.”

On Oct. 27 at 11 a.m. officers of the Street Crime Unit and Tactical Support Team searched an apartment in the 1600 block of Notre Dame Avenue.

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Keith James William Stewner, 43, was arrested and is still in custody.

Police seized a loaded gun, ammunition, 1.87 grams of ketamine valued at $180 and 1.34 grams of meth valued at $195.

The gun seized was a .22 LR calibre/.410 gauge over/under combination gun with both barrels sawed off and the serial number “defaced”.

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Stewner faces a long list of charges including possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition and possession of a scheduled substance.

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