Guns in Drugs Trade

Drugs, Gun Seized in Probe of Bay Roberts and Harbour Grace Break-in Spree

Drugs and a gun have been seized as the result of an investigation into a rash of commercial break-ins in Bay Roberts and Harbour Grace. Last Friday, the RCMP obtained a search warrant for a home on Gadden’s Mash in Victoria. Officers, including members of the Emergency Response Team, searched the home and seized a number of items, including a shotgun, ammunition, a quantity of crack cocaine, prescription pills, drug paraphernalia, a quantity of…

Guns in drugs trade

Assistant Minister for Home Affairs Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure has warned that guns are now being used in Fiji’s growing illicit drug trade. “Gun violence is now part of the drug trade,” he said. The use of firearms by drug dealers, Ratu Rakuita said, was a growing concern for the country’s borders and public safety. “This makes the illicit trade of drugs a major threat to Fiji’s border,” the assistant minister said as he urged communities to wak…