News release

Fourth person sentenced as a result of PEI RCMP Federal and Serious Organized Crime Unit investigation into organized crime groups supply drugs into PEI

January 13, 2025 - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
From: Prince Edward Island RCMP

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In a Montreal courtroom on Friday January 9, 2025, Andre Pelletier was sentenced to 30 months in a federal penitentiary and prohibited from possessing weapons for life after being charged with possession of methamphetamine for the purposes of trafficking. Pelletier, originally from Montreal, was arrested by PEI RCMP Federal and Serious Organized Crime (FSOC) officers following a traffic stop in Edmundston, N.B.

On January 24, 2018, the RCMP Federal Investigative Unit operating out of RCMP Headquarters in Charlottetown, assisted by the Edmundston Police Department, arrested Pelletier along with another individual, and seized 11.4 pounds of methamphetamine (over 11,000 tablets) and 25 grams of cocaine. The drugs were packaged for wide spread distribution and were destined for the streets of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

This arrest was part of a broader operation involving RCMP New Brunswick, RCMP Québec, Sûreté du Québec, Charlottetown Police Services, Edmundston Police Service, Criminal Intelligence Services PEI and NB, as well as Canada Border Services Agency. As part of an investigation that began in Fall of 2016, police agencies were looking into organized crime groups supplying methamphetamine to PEI. The operation spanned two years and in total netted more than 60 pounds of methamphetamine, 3 firearms and the cocaine mentioned earlier. In all, four individuals were arrested and charged in these incidents. Pelletier is the last of the four to be sentenced. 

“This is a great example of how federal policing and public safety programs work across provincial and national borders in an effort to disrupt the flow of harmful illegal drugs,” says Constable Kevin Spencer, FSOC member for PEI RCMP. “These are multifaceted investigations that require time to gather information, assess the possible impacts and options for police, who will then take the appropriate actions to effect arrests. The bottom line, is that we have taken these drugs off the streets; that has countless positive impacts on people’s lives,” adds Cst. Spencer.

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