A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to traffic cocaine.
Rémi Gionet of Bathurst was arrested during a joint investigation begun in April 2010 between the New Brunswick RCMP's Federal Policing Operations, the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal, and la Sûreté du Québec. During the course of the investigation, two kilos of cocaine were seized, as well as accessories related to the trafficking of drugs.
On September 12, 2016, Rémi Gionet pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to traffic cocaine. On May 23, 2017, he was sentenced to 30 months in jail.
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