The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia’s Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) was on Vancouver Island between March 5 and 8 to conduct enforcement where they made multiple seizures of drugs, cash and weapons, including several in Langford.
On March 6, UGET officers conducted a traffic stop on Goldstream Avenue and Jacklin Road where two people were arrested for possession for the purposes of trafficking. They seized GHB, suspected prescription pills, and multiple cellphones.
The same day, in a traffic stop for speeding in the area of Goldstream Avenue and Wale Road, two more were arrested for possession for the purposes of trafficking. The CFSEU says officers seized multiple baggies of suspected drugs, namely methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, as well as cellphones and cash.
These investigations remain ongoing.
In the same area, on the same day, UGET conducted a traffic stop and arrested a wanted man with three unendorsed warrants.
They also assisted West Shore RCMP with a "fail to stop" for a police investigation. Upon arresting the suspect, drugs and weapons were seized. The investigation remains ongoing by West Shore RCMP.
“Over the three days of enforcement action conducted by UGET members, they not only seized a significant amount of street-level drugs, cash and weapons but also made drug traffickers very aware that they were being watched," Cpl. Sarbjit Sangha, media relations officer for the CFSEU, said in a news release.
The next day, March 6, one man was arrested for prohibited driving during a traffic stop in the area of Peatt Road and Hockley Avenue. Additionally, UGET members conducted a traffic stop in the area of Atkins Avenue and Winster Road where the driver, a known drug trafficker in the area, was arrested for failing to stop for police.
Officers seized "a large amount of money as proceeds of crime," and the investigation remains ongoing.
Sangha said officers seized about five grams of cocaine, five grams of methamphetamine, an unknown quantity of ketamine, and at least $5,000 in cash.
