OTTAWA — When Winnipeg police laid out the largest drug seizure in Manitoba history last week — more than 525 kilograms of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl, 14 firearms, and $825,000 in cash — the bricks of narcotics and the row of guns drew the cameras. A quieter item in the evidence locker did not: 1.35 million contraband cigarettes.
The Cigarette Clues in Winnipeg’s Biggest Cartel Bust Point to an Indigenous Tobacco Empire and Protected Entities
Among the hard drugs seized in Manitoba’s record takedown sat 1.35 million contraband cigarettes. That detail leads back to billions in lost taxes for Canada and fentanyl fuel for Latin Cartels.
