Jail time for B.C. man in bust that uncovered enough drugs to fatally dose a sold-out Canucks crowd 4 times
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A man convicted in what British Columbia Mounties called their detachment's largest-ever seizure of drugs, weapons and cash will serve more than a decade behind bars.
A man convicted in what British Columbia Mounties called their detachment's largest-ever seizure of drugs, weapons and cash will serve more than a decade behind bars.
The Maple Ridge, B.C., resident learned his fate in court earlier this week. During an appearance in New Westminster, he received a sentence of 14 years for his convictions.
With credit for time in custody before his sentencing, he’s expected to serve another 11 years, 118 days.
Christopher Leigh Harmes was charged in 2020 with several offences in connection with the bust in his city.
The RCMP said at the time its officers had seized approximately 35,280 street doses of fentanyl in its investigation, as well as about 20,200 doses of meth, nearly 5,000 doses of cocaine 11,000 doses of ketamine and 844 pills believed to be codeine or morphine.
Police said the volume of drugs was enough to give a potentially lethal dose to everyone at a sold-out Vancouver Canucks home game four times.
"No community should have this amount of drugs on their streets," Insp. Aaron Paradis said in a news release in August 2020.
