Brandon police believe they have destroyed the city's cocaine trafficking network after nearly a dozen people were arrested and several properties searched throughout the month of May. "We are confident that this is one of the, if not the highest level, cocaine trafficking networks operating in the city of Brandon," said Partridge. "So I'm confident that this is the major network that's been, well, destroyed, I hope." (Brandon Police Service)"We hope that it will have a major impact [on the local drug trade]," he said. Those arrested face charges including trafficking cocaine, possess for the purpose of trafficking cocaine, conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, possession of the proceeds of crime and conspiracy to possess the proceeds of crime.

Source: CBC News May 25, 2021 20:48 UTC