Jellybean suspect pleads guilty to steroid charges
Published Thursday October 23rd, 2008
A suspect charged in connection with a major drug investigation in the capital region a couple of years ago pleaded guilty to five conspiracy charges in provincial court Wednesday.
Mark Anthony Haig, 38, of Chance Harbour was scheduled to stand trial in federal court in the coming months on five counts of conspiracy to traffic in anabolic steroids and other drugs banned under the Food and Drug Act.
Instead, he opted Wednesday to re-elect to be tried in provincial court and then pleaded guilty to all five counts, which allege he conspired with several others between Sept. 19, 2006, and Jan. 23, 2007, to traffic in the illegal substances.
Among those co-accused along with Haig were Spencer Gordon Court, 32, of Maugerville and Ontario resident Vincent Gemmeti, who face 31 and 27 charges respectively as a result of the Jellybean investigation.
They're both slated to stand trial on those charges in various trials in the coming months.
Operation Jellybean was a two-year drug investigation that began in 2005 and resulted in 275 suspects being questioned and 41 search warrants being executed to gather 1,600 documents.
Raids conducted during the course of the operation saw police seize 0.5 kilograms of cocaine, 25 kg of marijuana, $359,000 in cash, marijuana plants, anabolic steroids, counterfeit prescription drugs and restricted guns.
Those raids took place in Fredericton, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Haig's sentencing hearing was set over to Jan. 15 to allow for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.
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That is all they got?
Everyone in the city knew but the cops?
Very good points, but if you really think about it...