The occupants of a vehicle were ticketed and fined following a traffic accident in Portage la Prairie Monday evening.
Manitoba RCMP stopped an unregistered vehicle at the corner of Sixth Avenue Northwest and Fisher Avenue around 8:40 p.m.
After a quick search, officers discovered the driver was a 24-year-old female without a valid driver's license and found unsealed alcohol, 1.2 grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
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The man (28) in the passenger seat was found to have breached a release order prohibiting him from having any contact with the woman.
He was detained and charged with possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking and failing to comply with a release order, while the driver was released after receiving four Highway Traffic Act tickets.
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