Three Winnipeggers are each facing lengthy lists of drug, weapon and other charges after police stopped a stolen vehicle just after midnight Wednesday.
Police said officers spotted the stolen vehicle in the parking lot of a Notre Dame Avenue bar/hotel. They stopped it and took two people into custody, while a third occupant ran away. With the help of the Air1 police helicopter, he was tracked down to the 1300 block of Winnipeg Avenue.
In a search of the vehicle — which had been reported stolen from the Jefferson neighbourhood days earlier — police found a sawed-off shotgun, bear spray, a machete, 59.5 grams of cocaine, 2.6 grams of crack, 14 oxycodone tablets, and cash.
The accused, two men and a women in their early 30s, are each facing more than a dozen charges, ranging from possession for the purpose of trafficking to carrying a concealed weapon to driving without a licence.
One of the men was also the subject of warrants for being unlawfully at large.
Police said all three were detained in custody.