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Cross-Border Drug Bust Results In Trafficking Charges Against B.C. Man

Darpan News Desk , 25 Apr, 2018 11:45 AM

SURREY, B.C. — Charges have been laid against a British Columbia man who allegedly trafficked more than 100 kilograms of drugs between the United States and Canada.

RCMP Chief Supt. Keith Finn says a six-month, cross-border investigation with authorities in the United States found two vessels meeting on multiple occasions just south of San Juan Island, between Vancouver Island and Washington state.

Finn says police seized 55 kilograms of cocaine, 47 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and more than a kilogram of heroin in February 2017 after one of the vessels docked in Canada.

RCMP say a Saanich man is charged with a litany of cocaine, meth, firearms and smuggling related offences in relation to the drug bust you see here. @BlackPressMedia pic.twitter.com/wZFa5vOFs7
— Kat Slepian (@katslepian) April 25, 2018

Two high speed vessels, firearms and $150,000 in cash were also seized.

Mounties say 51-year-old William Barnes of Saanich has been charged with multiple drug trafficking and firearms offences.

U.S. officials say Gary Horton of Washington state has pleaded guilty to trafficking-related charges and will be sentenced in September.

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