 | Forty-three people have been charged in a sprawling year-long police investigation into the drug trade in the Peace Region. Police are still looking for 14 people charged in the investigation. Twenty-nine were arrested in police "roundups" in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek. It's believed the UN gang has suffered the biggest hit to it's operations in the city. 37-year-old Jamie Christopher St. Denis and Christina Marie MacKay, 30, were arrested in Dawson Creek on Dec. 5 2015 for allegedly trying to sell $39,000 worth of cocaine. St. Denis was sentenced to seven and-a-half years in jail after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine, trafficking a firearm and possession of an illegal firearm. Also charged is 36-year-old Ryan Holden of Dawson Creek, who faces multiple weapons charges, including owning body armour without a permit. He is also accused of possession for the purpose of trafficking. |
 | Seized Items: • An AR-15 semi-automatic rifle • One .22 calibre rifle • A loaded 12-gauge shotgun • 74 ounces of cocaine • Approximately 700 fentanyl pills and capsules • 3.5 grams of crystal meth • 17.4 grams of "an amphetamine" • Two percocets painkillers • 1.75 litres of liquid GHB, "date rape drug" • Approximately $70,000 in cash |  |
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 | Violent incidents in Dawson Creek over the past year appeared related to an ongoing drug war in the city. Someone fired three rounds from a shotgun into a multi-unit house in November and there have been multiple abductions and assaults which police believe are related to the drug trade. |  |
