RCMP locate Fentanyl on Cedar Bay

A recent traffic stop led to the seizure of illegal drugs in Portage la Prairie.

On March 24, shortly after 3:00 p.m., a Portage RCMP officer was making patrols and conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle on Cedar Bay.

The officer discovered items inside the vehicle indicative of drug trafficking. The 30-year-old driver, Joshua Catchaway of Skownan, Manitoba, was placed under arrest.

A search of Catcheway and his vehicle located over 28 grams of Cocaine and over 2 grams of Fentanyl.

Catcheway is charged with one count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Cocaine and one count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Fentanyl.

Catcheway was remanded into custody and appeared in court on March 25.