West Kelowna police raids turn up fentanyl and cash

Raids on three West Kelowna properties in March has led to three people being charged with drug offences today, Oct. 10.

The raids, on two homes and one industrial property, netted $30,000 in cash and more than 1.5 kgs of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, according to an RCMP news release.

Neil Elliott Collins, 42, Joseph Michael Trozzolo, 51 and Patricia Kathleen Gianakos, 39, all from West Kelowna, were charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Trozzolo was also charged with interfering or obstructing radio communications.

All three are scheduled to appear in Court in Kelowna on October 29, 2019.

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