Burnt-out headlight leads Winnipeg police to meth, cocaine and guns during traffic stop

Four people including a woman police say was hiding small bags of methunder her clothes are charged with multiple weapons and drugoffences after a Winnipeg police traffic stop.

The four were arrested after officers stopped a car in downtown Winnipeg on Wednesday for aburnt-outheadlight.

The car was pulled over around12:45 a.m. on Main Street, between Bannatyne and McDermotavenues. Police sawthe driver immediately switch places with a passenger.

So officers asked the three men, aged 29, 37 and 42,and the 23-year-old woman to get out of the car.

Police say the 37-year-old, who wasdriving before switching spots,showed signs ofdrug intoxication and was arrested. He was also found to have several items in his pockets that police seized, including a needle containing meth, four shotgun shells, two cell phonesand$200 in cash.

The other threewere arrested and searched as well, withpolice saying they found another methneedle, a cellphone, a loaded homemade gun, three .22-calibre cartridges and a 12-gauge shotgun shell.

A search of the car turned up a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, several .22-calibre cartridges and 12-gauge shotgun shells, small baggies, a digital scale, 18 hydromorphone pills, and one .25-gram rock of crack cocaine.

During another search at the police headquarters, police say the womanwas foundwithtwo bags of meth hidden under herclothes.

All four have been detained at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.