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RCMP seize drugs and guns in Campbell River

The RCMP have been attempting to crack down on drug trafficking in Campbell River. 

Their most recent press release states that on Thursday March 16, a cache of drugs and guns were found in a house on Ebert Road

According to Cst. Maury Tyre, Media Relations Officer for the detachment, “Police seized over $3000 in cash, 17 grams of crack cocaine, 4 grams of cocaine, 13 grams of Fentanyl, 316 Hydromorphone pills and several other prescription pills.”

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Money seized during drug trafficking investigation – courtesy RCMP press release

“The home had been the scene of four suspected drug overdose deaths since 2017.”

“As a result of the investigation, a 66 year old Campbell River woman and a 27 year old man from the Lower Mainland were arrested. Both were released and are scheduled to attend court in June, 2023.

This is most recent in a series of drug related arrests in Campbell River.

On February 28, the RCMP seized a significant stash of drugs, scales, packaging materials, replica guns and more than $6,000 in cash, after raiding two houses in the Campbellton neighbourhood. Two 41-year-old men and one 43-year-old woman were arrested, released and now wait to appear in court.

On November 16, two Lower Mainland residents were apprehended after they were witnessed trafficking. Subsequent to arrest, police located cocaine and fentanyl packaged for street sale. As of last month, Parmvir Dhaliwal and Gurvinder Deo were still awaiting trial.

On November 4, the RCMP seized ‘a substance consistent with being cocaine, along with a prohibited weapon’ from a residence on Holm Road. A 20-year old Campbell River man was arrested for Trafficking a Controlled Substance.

After a two month long investigation, police arrested Brandon Viskovich on December 10, 2021. The Campbell River RCMP Street Crime Unit seized 22.85 grams of Cocaine, 347 grams of Psilocybin and approximately one pound of marihuana, over $26,000 in cash and what is believed to be Viskovich’s drug client list.

Top image credit: Cash, drugs and weapons seized from Ebert Rd home. – courtesy RCMP press release

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