NANAIMO — A man and a woman remain in police custody following a five month long investigation into drug trafficking.
Norman Shawn Miller, 44, and Carlene Marie Snedden, 42, were arrested Dec. 10 and remain in police custody facing nearly two dozen combined charges connected to an investigation which began in November 2024.
Officers first began looking into the pair and a residence where it was believed they were trafficking controlled substances.
A mid-April raid on the home uncovered 52 grams of fentanyl, 25 grams of cocaine, 30 grams of methamphetamine and over 200 illicit pills.
Weapons, including a rifle and a shotgun, along with body armour were also seized.
Charges on the pair were officially laid two days before their arrest.
Miller is faces 11 charges including multiple counts linked to drug trafficking, as well as four firearms charges and possession of stolen property.
His prior criminal history includes being charged with a break and enter in Burns Lake in the early 2000s, as well as a similar incident more recently in Port Alberni which was connected to one of the seized weapons.
Sneddon faces similar accusations including five counts of fentanyl trafficking and four firearms charges.
She previously was charged with theft under $5,000 in the mid-2000s as well as a handful of minor driving offences.
Both are due in court on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
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