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RNC lay more charges in relation to Operation Rhino

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The RNC has made a major drug bust and has laid several charges in connection with Operation Rhino.


Following a ten-month investigation, RNC executed several Controlled Drugs and Substances Act searches of residences and vehicles on the Avalon.


Among the items seized were illicit drugs, cash in the amount of $181,930.00, two money counters, six firearms, body armour, ammunition, brass knuckles, and two vehicles. Most notably, investigators seized a piece of equipment called a ‘pill press’, which is used for mass production of non-pharmaceutical grade pills and is the first of its kind located within the province.


Illicit drugs and equipment seized are as follows:

  • 1073.33 grams of cocaine

  • 3210 grams of mushrooms

  • 35.66 grams of MDMA

  • 46 blots of LSD

  • 700 pounds of illicit cannabis

  • 6300 grams of shatter

  • 127 pounds of illicit edibles

  • 14.11 kg of hashish

  • Pill press (mass production)


Weapons seized are as follows:

  • Bolt action rifle 30/06 caliber

  • Semi-automatic rifle SKS 7.62 caliber

  • Semi-automatic rifle .22 caliber

  • Shotgun 12 gauge

  • Semi-automatic rifle .308 caliber

  • Shotgun 12 gauge


In March, officers arrested and charged three individuals with various offences in connection with the investigation. Kyle St. Croix, Jeremy Kimberley, and Tristan Fowler.


In addition, on Monday, October 25, 24-year-old Jacob Dean Doyle was arrested after being escorted to the province by the RCMP. He has been charged with unlawfully producing Alprazolam and unlawfully possessing anything (pill press) with the intention that it be used to produce a controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act. Doyle was held in custody to appear in Provincial Court.


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