A drug operation hidden in an underground bunker in Salmon Valley was among the takedowns Prince George RCMP scored in a series of raids last week.
On Thursday, Prince George RCMP’s street crew unit executed search warrants on properties in the 200-block of Harper Street, the 7000-block of Kingsley Crescent, on Iona Street near Old Summit Lake Road and on Marlin Drive in Salmon Valley.
At the Salmon Valley property, steel shipping containers had been placed in an underground bunker and tunneled into a hillside, RCMP said.
Inside, police located an active psilocybin or magic mushroom grow operation; a cannabis oil extraction lab with commercial equipment and processing station; and a commercial grade packaging area for the illicit sale of cannabis, shatter and edibles. Also located were advent calendars produced for distribution of illicit cannabis products.
At another spot police seized suspected cocaine packaged for resale, suspected steroids and prescription pills including Adderol, Cialis and Xaanax, another was "laid out like a pharmacy," RCMP said, offering products such as suspected cocaine, prescription medications and illicit cannabis products, all in addition to a processing station for the cutting and re-packaging of cocaine for later sale.
In total, about 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, an abundance of prescription pills, hundreds of doses of steroids and thousands of doses of the party drug GHB were seized along with $35,600 in cash, a Dodge Ram 1500 and a 2020 GMC Canyon Denali.
"These enforcement actions will be a significant disruption to the drug trafficking trade and organized crime in Prince George," said Cst. Jennifer Cooper.
Seven people were arrested, many of whom have links to organized crime, RCMP said. Names were not release and charges remain pending.
RCMP’s emergency response team, police dog service and air services assisted in the takedowns which were carried out the same day the Prince George RCMP's downtown safety unit seized drugs and guns from a 1600 block 11th Avenue home and arrested 15 people in the process.
