By Greg Fry / CKPG Today

Crime Enforcement

Gang enforcement team seizes drugs, cash and weapons in Prince George and Quesnel

Nov 20, 2020 | 5:24 PM

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The RCMP say a recent visit by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C.’s Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) to target and disrupt drug trafficking groups was a success.

Cpl. Craig Douglass says on Nov. 12 and Nov.14 UGET assisted the local RCMP with intelligence gathering and enforcement leading to “many checks of persons known to be involved in criminal activity.”

He says it resulted in the seizure of “large amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl, along with thousands of dollars in cash and numerous weapons including two firearms.”

On Nov.13 Douglass says UGET were in Quesnel and seized “drugs, ammunition, cash and a multitude of weapons including a crossbow, during their investigation.”

In total during the Prince George and Quesnel operations he says police checked 160 people, stopped 130 vehicles, seized over two dozen weapons including two firearms, a crossbow, a machete, two conducted energy weapons, brass knuckles, three batons, bear spray, a hatchet, two replica pistols and at least a dozen knives and over $10,000 in cash.

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Despite this success, Douglass says residents in both communities need to stay vigilant and report incidents to the police as soon as possible.

If you have any information about illegal activity police urge you to call the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or the Quesnel RCMP at (250)992-9211.