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RCMP make massive pot bust in Manitoba

Police photos showed stacks of plastic packages filled with 89 kilograms of dried marijuana seized on Thanksgiving day. RCMP handout

RCMP officers seized almost 90 kilograms of packaged marijuana in a vehicle on a highway just outside Winnipeg.

The seizure on Thankgiving Monday on the Trans-Canada Highway in the rural municipality of St. Francois Xavier came after a two-month investigation, RCMP said.

Police photos showed stacks of plastic packages filled with a total of 89 kilograms of dried marijuana.

Police photos showed stacks of plastic packages filled with 89 kilograms of dried marijuana seized on Thanksgiving day in Manitoba. RCMP

Tho Minh Nguyen, 52, and Pat Dat Phan, 39, both of Winnipeg, were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking cannabis under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

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