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Couple charged after weapons, drug seizures

SURREY - A man and woman from Surrey have been charged with numerous crimes involving drug trafficking and weapons offences.

Last summer the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC (CFSEUBC) began investigating a Surrey man for allegedly selling drugs and guns. A man and two women were arrested last September after police seized 79 spit balls of cocaine, 11 pieces of crack cocaine, 26 spit balls of heroin, a large flap of cocaine and $630 in cash.One of the women, 38, has not been charged.After that arrest, police raided two South Surrey residences, in the 15000-block of Croydon Drive, and in the 17000-block of 26th Avenue, and seized two large safes containing a .45 calibre Ruger P90DC semiautomatic handgun, a .380 calibre Accu-TekAT-380 semi-automatic handgun, two .380 calibre Smith & Wesson Walther PK380 semi-automatic handguns, several boxes of ammo, $25,000 in cash, 297 grams of cocaine, five grams of heroin, and 26 grams of methamphetamine.Police estimate the drugs seized in the arrest and both raids to be worth about $24,000.Pete William Cameron, 28, of Surrey has been charged with seven counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, four counts of possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition, and one count of possession of a firearm knowing that the serial number had been altered, defaced or removed.Amy Teresa Pierre, 23, of Surrey has been charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. Neither is in custody and their next appearance in Surrey provincial court is set for July 17.tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com


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