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RCMP seize weapons, drugs in rural Manitoba raid

Contraband seized by Melita RCMP. RCMP Manitoba

An RCMP raid on a home in the Rural Municipality of Brenda-Waskada Wednesday turned up weapons and drugs, police said.

Melita RCMP, along with a number of other police units — including the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team and Police Dog Services — made the bust as part of an ongoing investigation, and seized a sawed-off shotgun, several prohibited weapons, meth, ecstasy, and drug paraphernalia.

Read more: Guns, ammunition seized in raid near Melita, Man.

Regan Breemersch, 27, from the municipality, is in custody facing charges for trafficking a controlled substance, failing to comply with a release order, and five weapons offences.

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Breesmerch, police said, was currently on conditions for firearms offences related to a previous raid in April of this year.

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Melita RCMP continue to investigate.

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