Two-year prison sentence for Barony man: drugs, firearms, illegal tobacco offences

February 9, 2017
Nackawic, New Brunswick

News release

A 67-year-old Barony, N.B. man has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Jean Claude Ouellet appeared in Woodstock Provincial Court on February 8, 2017, and received a two-year prison sentence following a guilty verdict on seven charges including trafficking in cocaine and cannabis, possession of illegal tobacco and unsafe storage of firearms.

He was also ordered to submit a DNA sample, is facing $1630 in fines, and is prohibited from owning firearms for 10 years, as well as prohibited from acquiring prohibited firearms for life.

Ouellet was arrested on February 5, 2016, following an investigation that began in 2015 and was aimed at disrupting a criminal network supplying large quantities of illegal drugs in the Nackawic area.

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Contact information

Sgt. Andrea Gallant
Keswick Detachment
West District RCMP
506-357-4300

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