Five people have been charged with drug-related offences in connection with a December 2020 Prince George RCMP operation in which an underground bunker in Salmon Valley was among the targets.
Kody Dwayne Mosser, Ericka Ostroski, Daryl Michael Tugnum and Robyn Ann Bradley have each been charged with one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking and Mavra Ashley Lode has been charge with possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling, Prince George RCMP said Tuesday.
On December 3, 2020, the detachment'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 at the time.
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.
"This investigation resulted in a large quantity of suspected illicit drugs and prescription pills being taken off of our streets," Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said in a statement adding that police involved in the operation "put in tireless amounts of effort to get the investigation to this stage."
All five accused are scheduled to make first appearances in Prince George provincial court on March 16.
