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U.S. DEA assisting RCMP in Ucluelet double-homicide investigation

Click to play video: 'B.C. men vanish after sailboat trip from Panama to Ucluelet'
B.C. men vanish after sailboat trip from Panama to Ucluelet
WATCH: Family and friends of two B.C. men who vanished from Ucluelet after returning from a Panama sailing trip pleaded for the public's help to find their missing loved ones. Kylie Stanton reports – May 29, 2018

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has confirmed it is assisting RCMP in their investigation into the homicides of two men who went missing from Ucluelet.

Dan Archbald and Ryan Daley were last seen leaving their sailboat in Ucluelet Small Craft Harbour on May 16.

READ MORE: Disappearance of 2 men on Vancouver Island now considered suspicious

The pair had just returned from a sailing trip to Panama when they vanished.

A friend of Archbald’s said the two of them started a business and hoped to import a boat from Panama as they started a new charter service.

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They failed to contact friends and family when they arrived back in Ucluelet, and were reported missing to police.

Their remains were discovered near Ucluelet last month by a woman walking her dog.

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Vancouver Island’s Integrated Major Crime Unit continues to investigate the murders.

— With files from Jesse Ferreras, Kylie Stanton, and Amy Judd

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