A Winnipeg couple have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of animal cruelty after a police investigation last year unearthed allegations they made videos of animals being tortured and killed and sold them on the dark web.

Irene Lima and Chad Kabecz were arrested and charged with several animal cruelty offences in October 2024 , after Manitoba's provincial veterinarian got a tip from a citizen about videos and photos of animal torture.

The content had been posted on the dark web — online content that doesn't show up through regular searches and can only be accessed with a special browser — and the person who provided the tip believed the people behind the videos were from Manitoba.

That led police to search a home in Winnipeg's Lord Roberts area, where officers seized several electron

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