The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit has been busy in Whalley, seizing cash, drugs and weapons during traffic stops.
Sergeant Brenda Winpenny said uniformed gang enforcement team police (UGET) pulled a black Ford pickup truck over for motor vehicle infractions at Bentley Road and King George Boulevard on the evening of Feb. 27 and seized five grams of “suspected” cocaine, $10,000 in cash, two tasers, two collapsible batons and multiple knives.
“Both the female and male occupants of the vehicle were arrested for drug-related offences and are believed to be involved in the local drug trade,” Winpenny said. “Criminal charges are being considered.”
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Then, on the evening of March 5, police tried to pull over a black Chevrolet Equinox at 132nd Street and 100th Street, again for motor vehicle infractions, but it took off. Winpenny said the RCMP Air 1 helicopter tracked the SUV into South Surrey, where police stopped it with a spike belt.
She said its male and female occupants were arrested, with the help of police dogs, after trying to make a run for it. Gang enforcement police then searched the SUV, Winpenny said, and found a loaded shotgun. “The Surrey RCMP took conduct of this investigation,” she said, “as the male occupant was also in breach of multiple probation orders,” she said.
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