Two suspected drug dealers arrested in West Kelowna

KELOWNA – A pair of suspected drug dealers were busted by West Kelowna RCMP yesterday.

A 57-year-old West Kelowna man and 51-year-old woman were nabbed yesterday, June 18, when police raided a home in the 2400 block of Chieftain Road in West Kelowna yesterday, June 18.

The raid happened just before 9 p.m.

RCMP say more than $2,000 in cash was seized, along with undisclosed amounts of suspected methamphetamine, heroin, GHB (Gamma-hydroxybuturate) and cocaine, along with other drug trafficking items.

The pair face drug related charges and and are expected to appear in court at a later date, police say.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics