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Three to be sentenced in Operation Jellybean

Three men arrested during a high-profile drug- and steroid-trafficking bust two years ago are awaiting sentencing.

Timothy Clayton Price, 39, was found guilty on 22 counts on June 24 and was remanded into custody. He will be sentenced July 31.

Troy Albert, 27, entered guilty pleas to four counts Monday. He will be sentenced Oct. 13.

Christopher Gregory Trites, 28, entered a guilty plea June 23. His sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 27.

They were among 20 people charged in connection with Operation Jellybean, a massive, joint-forces drug investigation focused in Fredericton that began in 2005.

Jellybean was designed to disrupt the sale of cocaine, marijuana, prescription drugs and anabolic steroids in New Brunswick. The investigation culminated with a series of raids and arrests in 2007.

Price was found guilty on 10 drug charges, including trafficking cocaine, conspiracy to traffic cocaine and conspiracy to traffic marijuana; 11 weapons charges, including possession of restricted firearms and unsafe storage of firearms; and one count of breach of probation. He is also to return to court in March to face two counts of conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance.

Albert pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic cocaine, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possession of hashish.

Trites pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to traffic marijuana.

Drugs, cash seized in Carleton County

Police seized marijuana, marijuana seeds and $2,000 in cash at a Carleton County home earlier this week.

The raid occurred Tuesday in Tracey Mills, about five kilometres west of Centreville. The RCMP says charges are pending against a man and a woman.

District 7 RCMP and the Woodstock Police Force conducted the search in the home on Route 110.

Drugs, weapons seized in Victoria County

Police seized a kilogram of marijuana, eight prohibited weapons, drug paraphernalia and $1,200 Monday at a home on the Tobique First Nation.

One man was arrested by members of the RCMP's Tobique First Nation detachment.

Compiled by The Daily Gleaner