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Plea for tips from public Cash, cocaine found in suitcase in drive-by shooting case ▼ DRUG SEIZURE
Cheryl Wierda STAFF REPORTER
A parolee from Kelowna was among eight people arrested as part of a police investigation into a group that was allegedly trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. RCMP said Tuesday the arrests all came in a 24 hour period surrounding the search of six homes and one storage locker at various locations in the Lower Mainland, conducted on April 4. As a result of the investigation, police say 20 kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of methamphetamine, two kilograms of marijuana, two tons of a highly toxic, highly flammable, extremely corrosive chemical which could be used for the production of ecstasy and a large pill press were seized, said Const. Michael McLaughlin. Other dangerous chemicals were found stored in an East Vancouver home, near a res-
The Kelowna RCMP have asked for the public’s assistance, seeking any information leading to the arrest of individuals involved in a brazen drive-by shooting last summer. On Sept. 10, 2010, a shooting occurred in the downtown core of Kelowna on Leon and Abbott. The unknown occupants of a black 1982 Chevy Blazer fired multiple gun shots at a grey 2009 Nissan Sentra. The male driver of the Nissan Sentra received a non-life threatening gunshot wound. The Blazer was later found in West Kelowna and had been set on fire. The fact that this shooting happened in a pub-
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SOME OF THE CASH seized in drug raid of East Vancouver home. The operation has led to charges against a Kelowna man who was on federal parole at the time. taurant, he said, and officers seized approximately $250,000 in cash and three vehicles. Three men who were on federal parole, including 44-year-old Lance Trevor Pettman, of Kelowna, were arrested in the Lower Mainland as a result of the investigation.
They have since been returned to prison and will likely be facing drug charges, along with two other men and three women arrested as part of the investigation. “This investigation is by no means over,” said McLaughlin. “The RCMP Great-
er Vancouver Drug Section is still determining the scope of operations for this group from both a geographic and volume perspective.” However, it is believed the drug ring was centred in the Lower Mainland, he said. cweirda@kelownacapnews.com
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