An investigator with a provincial unit has been swept up in an organized crime bust in Manitoba that resulted in more than 20 people being arrested and multiple kilograms of drugs being seized.
Donavon Sired, 50, is charged with bribery, breach of trust and conspiracy. He’s accused of leaking information to drug dealers about police enforcement plans.
He was a member of the special investigations unit for Manitoba Finance, which typically investigates cigarette smuggling.
Project Dawgpound, as the investigation was named by police, started in May 2022 and grew in leaps and bounds, with its scope reaching across the country, said Insp. Grant Stephen, officer in charge of organized crime for Manitoba RCMP.
“Once we
