Mounties say two men and two women were charged with more than two dozen drug and weapons offences this summer following a year-long investigation into a Metro Vancouver drug-trafficking ring.
The charges, numbering 28 in total, were approved in July after police conducted searches at four properties in Vancouver, Burnaby, Langley and Delta.
According to a statement from the Burnaby RCMP on Wednesday, investigators seized 250 grams of fentanyl, 181 grams of methamphetamine, 519 grams of cocaine, a sheet of LSD and 28 grams of synthetic opiates known as nitazenes during the searches.
Along with the drugs, officers recovered a loaded Glock handgun that had been modified to fire in a fully automatic capacity, ammunition, a suppressor, cellphones, a radio jammer and more $14,775 in cash, police said.
“The amount of drugs and weapons taken off our streets as a result of this investigation is substantial,” said Sgt. Randy Mortensen …