The mayor of Delta, home to Canada’s largest container terminal, says organized crime groups are exploiting security weaknesses at ports.
“We need to have a better federal policy. I’m very upset and continue to be upset,” George Harvie said in an interview with CTV News.
In the past two weeks, RCMP have announced arrests in a pair of large investigations linked to Mexican drug cartels.
A raid in Surrey yielded drugs, guns and cash and three men were taken into custody.
They have since been released and RCMP say they are pursuing drug and firearms charges.
A bust in Falkland, east of Kamloops, uncovered what police describe as the largest and most sophisticated drug super lab in Canadian history.
Police say Gaganpreet Randhawa is “considered the main suspect” and is currently in custody facing multiple drug and weapons charges.
Harvie says transnational organized criminals are operating freely in British Columbia.
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