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Prince George, B.C.- A  year long investigation  by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit   of  drug traffickers  in the Peace Region  has  resulted in several arrests, charges against dozens more  and  one conviction, but the  search for  more than a dozen other suspects continues.

The probe , called E-Paradise, started in July of  2015,  and  through   the execution of five search warrants  and a number of traffic stops,  officers  seized  cash, cocaine, fentanyl, percocets, and  firearms, including an AR15.
In total the seizures yielded:
• One .22 calibre rifle
• One loaded 12 gauge shotgun
• One AR15 semi-automatic rifle
• 74 ounces of Cocaine
• Approximately 700 fentanyl Pills/Capsules
• 3.5 grams of crystal methamphetamine
• 17.4 grams of an amphetamine
• Two percocets
• 1.75 litres of liquid GHB
• Approximately $70,000.00

37 year old Jamie Christopher St.Denis of Dawson Creek  is among those arrested.  He pleaded guilty to  charges of trafficking  cocaine,  trafficking a firearm and possession of an illegal firearm,  He has been sentenced to 7.5 years in  jail.
14 other people are still at large and investigators are making efforts to locate and arrest them.

CFSEU Chief Superintendent Kevin Hackett says this investigation has links in Williams Lake and the lower mainland.