A 22-year-old man is facing drug and firearm related charges after RCMP executed a search warrant at a Benito residence last week.
On May 19, 2011, Swan River RCMP executed a search warrant on a residence in Benito, Manitoba. As a result of a police investigation relating to an unauthorized possession of a firearm and failing to comply with an undertaking, an arrest occurred with the subsequent execution of a search warrant in Benito, Manitoba on May 19, 2011.
Seized from this residence were several boxes of ammunition, loose ammunition, 20 potted marijuana plants and assorted drug paraphernalia. A .22 calibre firearm relating to the investigation was later located elsewhere and surrendered to police.
Charged in this incident is 22-year-old Bradley Jack Boyko of Benito, Manitoba. Boyko is facing charges of unlawfully possessing a firearm, 2 counts of failing to comply with an undertaking and production of a controlled substance.
Boyko was remanded to appear before a Provincial Court Judge in Dauphin Provincial Court.
