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Winnipeg city councillor off police board because of previous link to drug investigation: sources
Santos says she’s in the dark as to why she failed the routine background check — and wants answers.“I don’t have skeletons in my closet,” she told reporters last Tuesday.“I’ve been trying to rack my brain for the past few days to see what would be wrong in the police’s opinion.”The Winnipeg Police Service would not confirm last week whether Santos has ever been involved in a police investigation, but police sources tell Global News that Santos and her husband were at one point under surveillance as part of a major police drug investigation that led to the largest cocaine seizure in the city’s history.In March, 42-year-old Jay Santos, who is not related to the councillor, and an associate were arrested by police following a months-long