The following is the Winkler Police Service report for the period of March 13 to 19, 2017, as submitted by the department.

Our police service recorded 42 files for the week. Here are some of those files.

March 16th Officers were called to the Superstore by a Loss Prevention employee advising they had two shoplifters in custody. A second call from the employee was received shortly thereafter, advising the suspects had fled in a vehicle. A description of the vehicle, including the licence plate number, was provided. That information allowed officers to determine that the vehicle was registered an owner with a Morden address. The address was checked by Morden officers who confirmed that the suspect vehicle was parked on the driveway. Winkler officers attended and arrested a 39 year old male and a 27 year old female at that address without incident. The male was remanded into custody and transported to the Winnipeg Remand Center. He faces one charge of Theft Under $5000.00 and two charges of Breaching Probation. The female was released on a Promise to Appear with an Undertaking to face one charge each of Theft Under $5000.00 and Breaching Probation.

March 17th At approximately 4:00 a.m., occupants of a vehicle were reported to be shooting fireworks from within while traveling on Main Street. Officers caught up to the vehicle and questioned the occupants who admitted to doing so. They agreed to relinquish the remaining fireworks for destruction by police, and were issued warnings for their behaviour.

March 19th Officers located and stopped a pickup truck after receiving a complaint from a witness who had observed the driver vomiting outside of the truck before getting in and driving away. Officers spoke with the driver who stated he had just dropped off passengers who had been drinking. He explained that he was the designated driver and had not been drinking. Observations made by the officers, coupled with scientific evidence produced by a breathalyzer instrument proved the driver’s statement to be untrue. The investigation determined that the driver, a resident of Morden, was just under the legal limit, and that he had been in this situation before. As a result, his driver’s licence was seized and he was issued a 15 day suspension.