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By Greg Fry - CKPG Today

Drug Arrests

22 people facing charges following undercover drug trafficking operation in Quesnel

Oct 11, 2022 | 4:42 AM

QUESNEL — Close to two dozen people are facing charges following a two-month undercover operation targeting drug traffickers in Quesnel.

Quesnel RCMP Sgt. Clay Kronebusch says the operation took place this past July and August and was instigated by the Quesnel Crime Reduction Unit (CRU). He says the goal of the operation, dubbed Project E-NANDU 2022, was to target the impact of the supply of illicit drugs in Quesnel.

“During the project, the police made 42 purchases of heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine from 22 drug dealers. The police also executed four search warrants and seized over five kilograms of cocaine, 57 grams of fentanyl, 29 grams of methamphetamine, seven grams of heroin, $92,920 in cash, 15 firearms, and two prohibited weapons.”

“This was the second undercover operation targeting drug trafficking in the past 15 months. In the summer of 2021, CRU initiated Project E-NANDU, which resulted in 30 purchases of illicit drugs from 13 drug traffickers, said Cpl. Matt Isaak, who is in charge of CRU. “Traffickers do not care about the community harm, or the risk of overdose deaths due to the toxic drugs they sell. They have one goal, and that is to sell drugs for their own personal gain. CRU will strive to continue to hold those people accountable and bring them before the courts.”

“The Quesnel Crime Reduction Unit is an intelligence led unit that strives to identify and target those criminals who have the biggest impact on the community and work towards disrupting their ongoing criminal activity,” said Staff Sergeant Richard Weseen, the Detachment Commander of the Quesnel RCMP. “In 2020, the City of Quesnel added an additional two RCMP members to CRU to target prolific offenders involved in drug and property crime offences. The success of this unit would not be possible without the support of the citizens of Quesnel.”

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During Project E-NANDU 2022, RCMP say CRU received assistance from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, Cariboo Crime Reduction Unit, Air Services, Police Dog Services, E Division Undercover Operations, and the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team.

The results of the investigation will be forwarded to the Public Prosecution Service for assessment of appropriate charges on 22 individuals.