12 Surrey/North Delta Leader Thursday, June 13, 2013
Four years for dial-a-dope boss Barrett Jordan sold heroin and cocaine in Surrey and Langley
by Monique Tamminga A Surrey mAn who
ran a busy dial-a-dope operation in Langley in 2008 will spend four years behind bars for his crimes. Barrett Jordan, 27, was sentenced to four years jail, a forfeiture
of crime proceeds, a lifetime firearms ban, DNA order and $100 victims surcharge in Supreme Court in New Westminster on Friday (June 7). In a trial that took place this winter, he faced numerous trafficking and possession
charges related to the dial-a-dope operation. His girlfriend Kristina Gaudet, 23, faced similar charges and also went to trial but the charges against her were stayed on Friday. Between March 12, 2008 and Dec. 17, 2008, the Langley RCMP
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investigated a dial-adope operation selling heroin and cocaine in Langley and Surrey. During the trial, Crown alleged Jordan was running the operation. In particular, the Crown said he was responsible for the phone line on which orders were placed, and that he employed others and supplied them with drugs to deliver to the buyers. Between May 6 and Dec. 10, 2008, undercover police officers purchased cocaine on six separate occasions by calling a cellphone number associated with Jordan, said the Crown. On Dec. 17, 2008, police executed a search warrant at an apartment on 68 Avenue in Surrey, believed to be the residence of Jordan and Gaudet.
Among other things, police seized 42.3 grams of heroin, 1,463.5 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine, $6,640 in cash, and what is alleged to be a “shift calendar” for the dial-a-dope line. Jordan and Gaudet were arrested the same day. Court documents indicate the couple had been together for more than four years. On Dec. 24, 2008, the charges against Jordan were expanded, including the contention that he was the controlling figure behind the dial-a-dope operation. In February 2009, 10 people were charged with offences relating to possession and trafficking of cocaine and heroin related back to the dial-a-dope line. For those found guilty, sentences averaged about 10 months
in jail. These arrests and charges came at a time when a drug turf war was exploding in Langley, resulting in at least two drug-related murders in March 2009 of Laura Lamoureux and Marc Bontkes. Both were believed to be ripping off dial-adope operations. In December 2012, a Supreme Court judge dismissed the Surrey couple’s application to have their criminal charges dropped based on their right to a timely trial. The pair argued the four years it has taken for their cases to go to trial is unjust. Their appeal was denied. In the appeal, Gaudet contended that the delay has held her back from pursuing a career in accounting.
monique@langleytimes.com
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As the bus approached 72 Avenue and 152 Street in Surrey, however, the teen passed out. He was transported to Surrey Memorial Hospital, where efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. Fraser Regional coroner Vincent Stancato announced last Thursday (June 6) that a toxicology examination did not show sufficient levels of alcohol, drugs or medications in Azoadam’s system which would explain his death. The coroner’s investigation into the cause of death is continuing.