Raid on Winnipeg home leads to gun, drug charges

Five people are facing charges after police found drugs and a loaded sawed-off shotgun during a raid at a Winnipeg home.

Officers with the guns and gangs unit along with members of the tactical support team executed a warrant at a home in the 700 block of Stella Avenue Monday.

The raid stemmed from an ongoing drug and firearms investigation, police said in a Wednesday release.

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Police say they found 23 grams of crack cocaine, drug packaging materials, a small amount of cash and a loaded sawed-off shotgun.

Two men aged 27 and 19 and two women aged 52 and 40 are each facing drug trafficking, firearm and breach-related charges.

A 32-year-old man has also been charged with two breach-related charges.