The RCMP in Manitoba has released information about their Project Divergent which was set up to prevent international drugs from being smuggled into Canada.
During the bust the RCMP along with multiple other police forces worldwide were able to seize the following:
- 110 kilos of cocaine
- 41.4 kilos of methamphetamine
- 3 kilos of fentanyl
- .5 kilos of MDMA
- 14 handguns
- 5 assault-style rifles, and
- More than $445,000 in Canadian currency
In total, the following 22 people have been charged with numerous offences:
- Enrico Funk, 29, from Freidensruh, Manitoba
- Artjom Gotting, 32, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Nathaniel Cabal, 31, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Trinh Ducthang Dinh, 31, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Zuhair Mohammad-Zarif, 27, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Jesse James Whyte, 26, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Damion Patrick Ryan, 41, from Ottawa, Ontario
- Kelvin Lee Nelson, 27, from Burnaby, BC
- Mazin Nzar Zandy, 24, from Burnaby, BC
- Andre Omar Steele, 41, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Brittany Girardeau, 28, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Albert Theodore Jansen, 39, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Sharon Jonatanson, 66, from Libau, Manitoba
- Scott Matthew Jonatanson, 27, from Libau, Manitoba
- Caitlin Jones, 22, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Owen James Quesnel, 33, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- William Solomon Gooding, 24, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Brian Christopher Yakimoski, 28, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Jeffrey David Gaudet, 32, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Dylan Durval South, 28, from Winnipeg, Manitoba
Meanwhile, Kiefer Michael Kramar from Winnipeg and Denis Ivziku from BC are at large and currently evading arrest.
If anyone has any information about their whereabouts they are asked to call the RCMP at 204-983-5420.
The Manitoba RCMP would like to thank their partners for their assistance in this bust including:
- Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia
- BC RCMP
- Quebec RCMP
- National Division RCMP in Ontario
- RCMP Liaison Officers in Bogota, Colombia; Rome, Italy; Washington; and Los Angeles
- Winkler Police Service
- Homeland Security Investigations out of Grand Forks, North Dakota
- Ontario Provincial Police, Biker Enforcement Unit, which also includes officers from the Ottawa Police Service
- Colombian National Police
- Hellenic Police in Greece
- Health Canada
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Forensic Accounting Management Group (FAMG)
- Public Prosecution Service of Canada
