SURREY, B.C. – Mounties in B.C. say they’ve arrested three men in Surrey believed to be tied to a transnational organized crime group connected to Mexican drug cartels, while four others suspected of trafficking large quantities of drugs, including diverted prescription pills, were arrested in Burnaby.
RCMP federal investigators say that on Sept. 23, police searched a Surrey home, which was surrounded by compound fencing, steel gates, and razor wire, and arrested men allegedly involved in importing cocaine to Canada.
They say officers also seized 23 firearms, several thousand rounds of ammunition and “multi-kilos of illicit drugs” from the house.
Police say the arrests in Burnaby, B.C., stem from a four-month investigation into interprovincial drug trafficking that included executing search warrants in nearby Coquitlam and Surrey.
They say officers seized more than 9,500 Hydromorphone pills believed to be diverted prescription pills, as well as other substances including more than a kilogram of suspected cocaine.
They say the group was allegedly shipping the drugs as far as Manitoba and the Yukon, as well as locally.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2024.
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