TAKING IT TO THE STREET

The Yarmouth town RCMP detachment says it is heightening its efforts
when it comes to putting a dent in street-level drug activity.

Over the past week or so, the detachment has carried out three drug
seizures resulting in the confiscation of about 100 grams of
marijuana, worth about $2,000.

"I know a lot of the time people think of the big players but there
are also a lot of street-level fellows who are doing this to maintain
their income," says Constable Craig Smith of the town detachment's
general investigation section (GIS). "Taking that $2,000 out of their
hands does make a dent in it because obviously they're trying to sell
it and turn a profit."

Const. Smith notes while a mandate of the GIS unit is to target local
drug activity, the detachment's general duty members who in the
course of their regular duties are keeping an eye out for drug
activity carried out the most recent seizures.

"We're just trying to get the message out to the public that we are
trying to make a dent in the street-level stuff that's going on and we
have heightened our interest in it," Const. Smith says.

Four individuals will face charges in relation to the recent seizures.