Three face charges after gun, drug seizures

Three Vancouver Island men who police say used violence in the local drug trade have been arrested by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. Police seized guns and drugs during searches following the arrests, CFSEU media officer Const. Lindsey Houghton said. A 29- year- old Saanich man was picked up April 9 with the help of local police for possession of a firearm. A search of his home in the 4000- block of Saanich Road resulted in the seizure of a 9mm handgun with the serial number filed off, ammunition, a magazine and marijuana. In the second case, CFSEU officers arrested two men on April 10, one of whom was in Delta where police believe the 35- yearold was picking up cocaine. He was caught with four kilos. Another 35- year- old who Houghton described as the gang’s leader was arrested later on April 10 in Greater Victoria.