Eleven alleged drug traffickers working in the Tri-Cities are now charged with a combined 64 offences.
On Nov. 5, prosecutors laid the charges against the residents from Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey and Vancouver who were targeted by the Coquitlam RCMP’s Drugs and Organized Crime Unit as part of a project called E-Nevermind that started in the summer of 2021.
Last January, Coquitlam Mounties, along with the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team and Ridge Meadows RCMP, executed seven warrants at four locations in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Maple Ridge; that search turned up a large amount of drugs, money, replica firearms and vehicles:
- 52 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine
- 30 kilograms of suspected psilocybin edibles
- three kilograms of suspected cocaine
- 1.5 kilograms of suspected dried psilocybin
- 1.2 kilograms of suspected heroin
- one kilogram of suspected fentanyl
- 426 grams of suspected MDMA
- 250 grams of suspected ketamine
- 73 grams of suspected W18
- $145,000 in Canadian currency
- two replica handguns
- two vehicles
According to a Nov. 26 news release from Coquitlam RCMP, the suspects range in age from 22 to 54 (in alphabetical order):
- Hyun Cho, 22
- four counts of trafficking a controlled substance
- Christos Katsiamitas, 22
- 10 counts of trafficking a controlled substance
- Shayanne McGregor, 29
- one count of trafficking a controlled substance
- five counts of possession of a controlled substance
- Richard McLaughlin, 28
- six counts of trafficking a controlled substance
- Jeremy Pride, 48
- two counts of trafficking a controlled substance
- Barry Profaizer, 54
- one count of trafficking a controlled substance
- six counts of possession of a controlled substance
- Liam Reilly, 26
- two counts of trafficking a controlled substance
- Denise Sampson, 42
- three counts of possession of a controlled substance
- Joenna Saunders, 33
- five counts of trafficking a controlled substance
- Nicky Sharma, 44
- 11 counts of trafficking a controlled substance
- three counts of possession of a controlled substance
- John Summer, 37
- five counts of possession of a controlled substance
“The charges laid as a result of Project E-Nevermind should be sending a strong message to those involved in the drug trade that their business is not welcome in our communities,” said Coquitlam RCMP Supt. Darren Carr, in a news release.
“Our officers will continue to work hard at disrupting and dismantling dangerous and illicit drug organizations to maintain public safety.”
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