Image: Chilliwack RCMP / Seizure of drugs, cash and other items by the Chilliwack RCMP as part of an investigation. Mounties in Chilliwack say a man has received a 12-year prison term less time served after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and multiple firearms offences, following an investigation by the Chilliwack RCMP.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

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CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack say a man has received a 12-year prison term less time served after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and multiple firearms offences, following an investigation by the Chilliwack RCMP.

According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Alan Boyarski was sentenced on Wednesday, November 27, to 12 years, 10 years and 76 days after time served, after pleading guilty to two counts of possession for the purpose of drug trafficking and five counts of firearms offences.

In June 2022, Chilliwack RCMP arrested two Chilliwack men for drug trafficking related charges. These arrests precipitated two search warrants and the seizure of suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine, a large quantity of cash, a loaded handgun, ammunition, silencers, and additional firearms.

As part of this investigation, police executed search warrants at residences in the 8100 block of Young Road and the 9000 block of Garden Drive in Chilliwack. During these search warrants, police confiscated large quantities of suspected drugs, drug packaging, scales, and cash in addition, firearms including two handguns and four long guns.

On March 14, 2023, Chilliwack RCMP Drug Section executed two search warrants as part of a complex drug trafficking investigation. These warrants, pursuant to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, were executed at a residence located in the 9000 block of Garden Drive as well as a storage locker on Industrial Way in Chilliwack.

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Following the June 2022 arrests and seizures, police continued to gather evidence of continued offences involving the same individuals. As a result, additional search warrants were executed at the same Garden Drive residence and the same 44-year-old man and 33-year-old female were once again arrested.

“This conviction is a direct result of the commitment of the Chilliwack Drugs and Organized Crime Unit to combat organized crime and drug trafficking in our community,” said Inspector Jeff Bowerman of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment. “We will continue to target those individuals who traffic illegal drugs and firearms to protect the safety of our community.”