Three Winnipeggers are in custody after police pulled over a stolen vehicle at a traffic stop on Boxing Day.
Police noticed the stolen car near Main Street and Sutherland Avenue, and conducted a traffic stop on Austin Street North.
The three people in the car were arrested.
A search of the vehicle uncovered an improvised firing device under the front seat and a backpack containing pepper spray and two additional improvised firing devices.
Justin Karl Melquist, 26, faces charges of careless use of a firearm, transporting a firearm or restricted weapon, possessing property obtained by crime, weapon possession, and unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
Ileana Elizabeth Jewell Baptiste, 21, has been charged with motor vehicle theft and the same firearms charges as Melquist. There were also two warrants out for her arrest.
![Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/images/skyline/national.jpg)
Get daily National news
Charles Corey Chamakese, 20, faces a number of firearms charges, as well as driving while suspended and five counts of failing to comply with a recognizance.
WATCH: MPI tracking factors in car theft
![Click to play video: 'MPI tracking factors in car theft'](https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/609/251/2018-12-12T00-09-54.633Z--1280x720.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all)
Comments