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32 More People Charged In B.C. After Seizures Of Drugs, Firearms, Cash

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 14 Sep, 2016 11:06 AM

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — A police agency that investigates organized crime in British Columbia says 32 more people have been charged with drug-related offences in the province's Peace region.

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says an investigation that began in July 2015 resulted in the arrests of dozens of people and the seizure of drugs and firearms related to alleged trafficking offences.

The anti-gang agency says the latest arrests add to three others in June and that police conducted numerous traffic stops in the seizure of drugs including cocaine, fentanyl and about $70,000 in cash.

Unit spokesman Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton says charges involving the alleged offences have also disrupted street-level drug networks in the province's Chilcotin, Cariboo and northern areas.

Court appearances for the latest people charged are scheduled to continue until Oct. 25.

Warrants have also been issued for at least eight other individuals who have not yet been arrested.

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