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Two Saanich men arrested after complaints of drug operation targeting people with addictions

Two men could face trafficking charges after joint operation

  • Mar. 15, 2021 12:00 a.m.

Police have made two arrests after complaints of drug traffickers targeting people with addictions at Greater Victoria shelters.

Two Saanich men were arrested March 11 after a joint operation between the Victoria Police Department and the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team.

Armed with a search warrant, police searched three vehicles and a residence in the 4000-block of Orion Place in Saanich. They located amounts of cash, fentanyl and cocaine consistent with drug trafficking, according to a VicPD release. Two Saanich men were arrested and face recommended trafficking charges.

The arrests follow a month-long surveillance-heavy investigation, in which police say alleged sales of drugs took place involving marginalized community members in multi-unit residential temporary housing facilities and shelters.

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