Police add weapons charges to drug charges for Kelowna man

KELOWNA – A Kelowna man is facing more charges in connection to a drug investigation earlier this year.

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. says in a news release that George Don Zacharias, 46, is facing 10 charges in relation to a July investigation.

On July 11, the provincial gang unit targeted Zacharias in a drug investigation and seized two kilograms of cocaine from his vehicle.

The next day, officers executed a search warrant at his home where they seized nine firearms.

Now Zacharias is facing several other charges in connection to the investigation.

In a news release today, Dec. 19, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says the charges include possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm without a licence, six counts of possession of a prohibited, restricted or non-restricted firearm without a licence, possession of prohibited ammunition, overcapacity magazines, without a valid licence, and improper storage of firearms.

Weapons were seized from the home of George Zacharias in connection to a drug investigation in July 2017. | Credit: SUBMITTED/CFSEU


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Ashley was born and raised in B.C., and recently moved to Kamloops from Vancouver. She pursued her diploma in journalism at Langara College and graduated in 2015. She got her start as an overnight writer for the Morning News on Global B.C. After spending a year there, she decided to follow her passion and joined iNFOnews.ca as a reporter covering court, cops and crime in Kamloops. If you have a story you think people should know about, email her at alegassic@infonews.ca.


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