PENTICTON, BC – Several suspected drug dealers have been arrested in the South Okanagan following work by the Penticton RCMP Drug Task Force.
A Kelowna man was arrested after being found with what police call a ‘somewhat substantial quantity’ of what is believed to be PCP.
RCMP say PCP is also known as ‘Angel Dust’, a highly dangerous hallucinogenic drug which used to be more common 40 years ago. The drug hasn’t been seized in the South Okanagan in recent history, according to RCMP
The man was among three people in a vehicle on Riverside Drive. The others were found with crack cocaine and heroin. All three have been charged with possession for the purpose of drug trafficking. All have previous criminal records.
In another incident on Government Street, two Penticton residents were stopped for suspected methamphetamine trafficking. The male was released, but the 44-year-old woman was already on bail for previous meth trafficking and firearms possession charges. She was taken to hospital before being jailed for breaching her bail conditions. Police suspected she was hiding drugs inside her body.
The Penticton Drug squad also recently arrested an 18-year-old woman on Wade Avenue. She has been charged with trafficking crack cocaine.
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