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Kamloops Drugs
Two charged in Kamloops drug trafficking investigation
Kamloops RCMP have been working on a drug trafficking investigation since last year and two…
Joint police initiative targets drug dealers in Kamloops
Police have made several arrests and seized weapons, drugs and cash as part of an…
Charges laid in Kamloops drug trafficking probe
Two Kamloops men are facing charges following a drug trafficking investigation last year. The Kamloops…
UPDATE: Health officials issue drug alert for Kamloops; counterfeit said to be ‘impressive’
An alert has been issued by Interior Health for an illicit counterfeit drug being sold…
Kamloops RCMP seizes drugs, cash and weapons in three separate incidents
Police have seized money, drugs and weapons in three separate instances in Kamloops this month.…
What you need to know if you find discarded needles
KAMLOOPS – While most people are afraid to even go near discarded IV drug needles…
Kamloops to ask other municipalities for help and advice in dealing with needles epidemic
KAMLOOPS – Many Kamloops residents would agree the number of used syringes littering the streets…
More needle disposal containers coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Thanks to funding from the Interior Health Authority, the City of Kamloops has…
Used needles in parks becoming the new normal for North Shore residents
KAMLOOPS – As homelessness and drug use continue to be a problem in Kamloops, some…
Overdose deaths have tripled in Kamloops, continue to rise in Kelowna
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Newly released numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service shows drug overdose deaths are…
Kamloops mother sentenced to six months behind bars for role in dial-a-dope ring
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops Supreme Court Judge says he has no reason to believe the…
Kamloops gang activity leads to 10 arrests
KAMLOOPS – In the last four months local RCMP officers have been looking into potential…
Kamloops man faces drug trafficking charges
KAMLOOPS – Three months after a search warrant was conducted at a Valleyview residence, RCMP…
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…
Kamloops man may be first in B.C. to be sentenced for trafficking fentanyl
KAMLOOPS – A crown prosecutor is seeking a lengthy prison sentence for what she believes…
RCMP seize 75 pounds of pot in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A man speeding along Highway 1 through Kamloops led RCMP to 75 pounds of marijuana early this morning. A driver speeding near the Peterson Creek Bridge around 3 a.m., Sept. 30, was pulled over and the officer noticed the odour of marijuana coming from the vehicle, Cpl. Cheryl Bush says. A search of...
Multiple charges following large Kamloops drug investigation
KAMLOOPS - A five-month investigation has led to 45 charges on 13 individuals and the seizure of a large amount of drugs, police say. The Kamloops RCMP Targeted Enforcement Unit conduction an investigation into the sale of illicit drugs and possession of dangerous firearms between September 2014 and January 2015. The investigation has led to...
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...
Man caught with drugs and sawed-off shotgun
KAMLOOPS - One person has been arrested after a man with a gun was seen in the downtown area this afternoon. Police arrested a 25-year-old man with in an alleyway near a hotel after following up on a report of a man with a gun at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3. The local male was...
Seven arrests made after four-month-long drug sting
KAMLOOPS – Local RCMP arrested seven people and recommended charges against two males and one female after the Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant tied to a four-month drug sting on Friday, Jan. 30. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Cheryl Bush said the investigation surrounded a lower Sahali residence where police seized ten ounces of cocaine and...
Drug trafficker hopes Youtube project will keep him out of prison
KAMLOOPS - It is now up to a Supreme Court justice to decide if a drug supplier's rehabilitative project has earned him the chance to serve his jail sentence in the community over Crown's recommended six-year federal imprisonment. Jean-Claude Auger, who pleaded guilty to his involvement in a drug trafficking ring, was in court Jan. 13 where his lawyer, Chris Thompson,...
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...