RE: LeoThread 2024-11-05 17:42

#newfoundland

Police in Newfoundland and Labrador have arrested eight people and seized close to $5 million in drugs, vehicles, weapons and cash through what the RCMP is calling Project Bourbon.

The RCMP says it's the largest seziure of cocaine and contraband tobacco in the province's history.

RCMP Insp. David Emberley told reporters on Monday that 20.5 kilograms of cocaine was seized, which has a street value of approximately $1.6 million.

Project Bourbon began in February 2023, Emberley said, and focused on cocaine being trafficked into the province from British Columbia along with contraband tobacco from Ontario.

One person was arrested at a commercial property in the Goulds neighbourhood of St. John's on Sept. 19, and search warrants were also executed at three separate St. John's properties that same day.