$75K of cocaine, crack cocaine seized at northern Manitoba airport: RCMP

A woman is facing charges after police seized approximately $75,000 worth of drugs from a plane that had recently landed at a Manitoba airport, the RCMP said.

A woman has been arrested after arriving at a northern Manitoba airport with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of drugs, the RCMP said. Bunibonibee Cree Nation First Nation safety officers told police about the incoming aircraft, according to a news release. Officers boarded the plane on the runway at Oxford House Airport and removed two female passengers.

Get daily National news “Further investigation revealed a 23-year-old female from Bunibonibee Cree Nation was concealing cocaine and crack cocaine,” the RCMP said, adding the community value of the drugs is around $75,000. Two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking were laid against the 23-year-old, who will remain in police custody until she appears in court. The second woman was released without charges.