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Mounties nab men with 12 kilos of cocaine in car

Two Saanich men arrested for possession of drugs in North Saanich
Steven Heywood
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Sidney North Saanich RCMP show the 12 kilograms of cocaine they seized from a vehicle leaving the Swartz Bay ferry terminal on Jan. 5

Sidney North Saanich RCMP officers hauled 12 kilograms of cocaine from a vehicle on Thursday, Jan. 5.

Officers got information that a vehicle on the Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay route might be carrying drugs. Just after the ferry landed in Swartz Bay at about 4:30 p.m., officers stopped a driver on the Pat Bay Highway. Two Saanich men in their 20s were arrested and the drugs were seized.

The suspects could be charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Cpl. Chris Swain said 12 kilograms of cocaine is worth about $630,000 on the streets.

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