Mounties are pursuing charges against two people after officers in Haida Gwaii seized guns and drugs from a liveaboard vessel.
Investigators executed a search warrant in the town's fisherman's wharf on Jan. 13 after conducting surveillance on suspected drug trafficking the area.
Police seized 20 grams of suspected cocaine, marijuana, cannabis gummies and other cannabis concentrates, police said in a release."These suspected drugs and firearms posed a significant safety risk to community and public safety," Masset RCMP Cpl. Evan Hobbs said in the release. The two people arrested were later released and police are pursuing charges related to drugs and firearm offences.
The Masset RCMP are encouraging the public to report suspicious activity to police or Crime Stoppers. Anyone with information about suspected drug trafficking in the area is asked to contact the Masset RCMP at 250-626-3991.
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