THE popular founder of a funky Academy Road boutique is facing charges after a major drug bust in which Winnipeg police seized more than $330,000 of cocaine.
Cyrile Kaye Ong, 31, and Troc Vinh Tranh, 33, have been charged with "several drug-related offences," Winnipeg police announced Wednesday.
Ong opened the colourful boutique Shopgirl, which specializes in trendy duds by labels such as Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers, in 2007. Although Ong would not comment publicly on the charges on Wednesday, she said the store was sold to new ownership in early February.
The charges stem from an ongoing investigation by the Winnipeg police's organized crime unit. On Feb. 17, police initiated a traffic stop in the St. Vital area, where officers found one kilogram of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $55,000. A 33-year-old man was taken into custody.
The police's tactical support team then helped execute a search warrant at a St. Vital residence, which police said netted five one-kilogram packages of cocaine, worth an estimated $275,000 on the street, 20 kilograms of Benzocaine, an ounce and a half of marijuana, $2,000 cash and drug paraphernalia. Ong was arrested at that residence.
A second search warrant was executed at a River Heights residence Feb. 18. Police said they found 90 rocks of cocaine with an estimated street value of $1,800, a small amount of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia at that residence.
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