Mission man who allegedly tried to sell drugs to youth in Mission caught with loaded handgun, drugs

MISSION – Mounties in Mission say a man who was allegedly trying to sell drugs to youth in downtown Mission last month has been taken into custody following a police investigation.

According to a weekly recap of police activities for the week of Monday, March 23 through Sunday, March 29, Mission RCMP received a report about two men who had been reportedly soliciting youth with drugs on the afternoon of Monday, Mar. 23.

Two Mission RCMP officers who were working foot patrol in the area quickly responded to the area.

Police say one of the men took off running, but was quickly caught by officers. That unidentified man, a 40-year-old man from Mission, was found to be in possession of a loaded handgun, multiple packages of suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine, and other evidence of drug dealing. He was also found to be breaching a probation order.