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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»who were targeted by the Coquitlam RCMP’s Drugs and Organized Crime Unit as part of a project called E-Nevermind that .
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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