US EditionB.C. drug trafficker sentenced to prison for dial-a-dope operation
- Mandeep Pandher, a 26-year-old man from India, received a 2.5-year prison sentence for his involvement in a dial-a-dope scheme in Kelowna, as determined by a judge in British Columbia’s Supreme Court.
- Pandher pleaded guilty to possession and trafficking of cocaine, fentanyl, and para-fluorofentanyl on the trial's start day last month after police arrested him in May 2022 following surveillance.
- Police found 92 drug packages on Pandher and later searched a stash house near UBC Okanagan campus, leading to two more arrests and further drug seizures.
- The judge imposed a 10-year firearm ban, ordered Pandher's DNA submission, and mandated forfeiture of seized funds and property during sentencing.
- Pandher originally came to Canada on a student visa to study in Ontario but stopped attending university and moved to the Okanagan before joining the drug operation.
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B.C. drug trafficker sentenced to prison for dial-a-dope operation
A 26-year-old man from India who came to Canada on a student visa has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine and fentanyl in the British Columbia Interior.
NiagaraFallsReview.ca
Man sentenced to 2.5 years for ‘dial-a-dope’ operation in B.C. Interior
KELOWNA - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced a 26-year-old man from India to 2.5 years in prison for taking part in a so-called "dial-a-dope" operation in Kelowna.
Winnipeg Free Press
Man sentenced to 2.5 years for 'dial-a-dope' operation in B.C. Interior
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A judge called a West Kelowna fentanyl dealer a "parasite" who gave his customers the wherewithal to kill themselves while he enriched himself from the misery of others. Justice Gary Weatherill pointed out Mandeep Pandher wasn't an addict trying to support his own habit, but a pure profiteer. Mandeep Pandher was caught by police with almost 100 baggies of various drugs on him, after Vernon RCMP spent two months surveilling him. According to a…
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