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Drug Trafficking
Vernon fentanyl trafficker once given light sentence for rehab, back behind bars
A Vernon fentanyl dealer who was previously given a lighter jail sentence so he could…
Vernon fentanyl dealer’s addiction and ‘chaotic upbringing’ fueled offences: lawyer
A Vernon man who jumped several fences while running from police and got tasered twice…
Information from neighbours leads to drug seizure, arrests in Kelowna
Kelowna RCMP have arrested four individuals in addition to seizing a quantity of drugs after…
350 pounds of pot seized in B.C. traffic stop
A traffic stop for a driver's licence infraction on Highway 3, near Salmo in the…
Armed drug dealer busted in Vernon
Police have a suspect in custody after a “high-risk takedown” of an armed man in…
Vernon judge says ‘exceptional circumstances’ means fentanyl dealer won’t get jail time
VERNON – In what the judge described as "exceptional circumstances," a convicted North Okanagan fentanyl…
Pistol seized along with illicit drugs during high risk take down in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Pointing a gun at a stranger may not be the best way to…
West Kelowna drug dealer will be behind bars for 8 more years
KELOWNA – A West Kelowna man who was busted in 2016 for a counterfeit drug…
RCMP break up Vernon fentanyl trafficking group
VERNON – Police busted up a North Okanagan fentanyl drug trafficking group earlier this week,…
North Okanagan RCMP make multiple arrests in undercover drug trafficking operation
VERNON – More arrests have been made in Vernon in connection to an undercover operation…
Chinese citizen from Kelowna may not be deported for drug trafficking conviction after all
KELOWNA – A Chinese immigrant who lived in Kelowna when he sold cocaine to an…
Police raid impacts Okanagan drug trafficking ring
LAKE COUNTRY – RCMP raided a home in Lake Country last week seizing a variety…
RCMP execute successful undercover drug operation in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA – Over 30 drug trafficking suspects have been indentified in the Central Okanagan following…
Plain clothes cops chase suspect through Salmon Arm restaurant
SALMON ARM – Diners at a Salmon Arm restaurant were treated to a meal and…
Kelowna drug dealer granted one last chance to stay in Canada
KELOWNA – The B.C. Court of Appeal gave a Kelowna man convicted of dealing cocaine…
Alberta woman charged in gang-related gun and drug bust in West Kelowna last month
WEST KELOWNA – Charges of drug trafficking and possession of guns have been laid against…
Manager of Kamloops dial-a-dope ring gets conditional sentence
KAMLOOPS – The manager of a dial-a-dope ring in Kamloops is avoiding prison time and…
Counsel appointed for man accused of drug smuggling near Osoyoos
PENTICTON – A man accused of drug smuggling near the Osoyoos border crossing now has…
RCMP shut down two dial-a-dope operations in Vernon
VERNON – Police in Vernon made three arrests last month in connection with a pair…
Judge acknowledges ‘exceptional circumstances’ before sentencing Kamloops drug dealer
KAMLOOPS – It’s a rare sentence, but a Kamloops drug dealer managed to prove he…
Federal prison sentence despite drug dealer’s public relations move
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops judge said she recognized the efforts a convicted cocaine trafficker made to teach young people about the dangers of the industry he was caught up in, but still gave him a four-year federal prison sentence in Kamloops Supreme Court Wednesday morning. Last May, Jean-Claude Auger, 39, pleaded guilty to his involvement...
Osoyoos man with history of trafficking arrested
OSOYOOS - Osoyoos RCMP brought eight officers when they executed a warrant on the mobile home of a man with a history of drug trafficking Monday, Feb. 16. The warrant was part of an investigation into ongoing drug activity at the residence, located at 9418 97 Street, behind the Suzie Q's Diner, according to a...
Mental health rehabilitation earns drug dealer lesser sentence
KAMLOOPS - A dial-a-dope drug dealer caught in an undercover RCMP operation was handed a one-year probationary sentence on Monday, Jan. 12 for dealing cocaine. Jeremy Machmer, 27, appeared in Kamloops Supreme Court where he pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine. In September 2013, Machmer sold two rocks of the drug for fifty dollars to a...
Vernon RCMP disrupt ‘potentially dangerous’ drug trafficking operation
VERNON - Mounties have busted a Vernon drug ring with ties to the Lower Mainland. RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk said two men, Andres Naranjo, 21, and Daniel Penton, 21, both of the Lower Mainland but residing in Vernon, were arrested Dec. 19. Naranjo is facing charges of trafficking cocaine and possession of cocaine and heroin...