3 people accused in one of P.E.I.'s largest drug busts to remain in jail

Nicola MacLeod · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 20, 2025 3:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

The 3 radical from Ontario charged aft 1 of the biggest cause busts successful P.E.I. history, involving crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine, volition stay successful jailhouse portion their lawsuit proceeds done the courts.

Jabari London, 21; Angel Barnett, 23; and Kimberly Elbourne, 23, were arrested earlier this period successful what constabulary called a "targeted postulation stop" successful Charlottetown. 

Police past raided a location successful Stratford and seized what they called 1 of the largest quantities of drugs recorded successful the province: a kilogram of fentanyl, 2.8 kilograms of crystal meth and 763 grams of cocaine. 

All 3 are facing 3 charges of cause trafficking related to the respective amounts seized, which constabulary estimation could person been sold connected the streets for astir $665,000.

The 3 accused made their archetypal quality successful a Charlottetown courtroom past week and appeared again connected Thursday. The women were represented by their lawyer, portion London appeared some times by video nexus from the provincial jail.

All 3 are being represented by P.E.I.'s ineligible assistance system, but the lawyer who appeared successful tribunal Thursday told the justice a lawyer volition person to beryllium recovered extracurricular the ineligible assistance bureau to correspond London owed to a struggle of interest.

This is simply a regular signifier successful the strategy truthful that each clients tin beryllium decently represented and lawyers bash not consciousness competing loyalties — if 1 client charged gives a connection implicating different one, for example. 

The matters were adjourned again to April 3 for election. Because of the severity of the charges, the 3 accused volition get a prime of whether they privation their lawsuit to enactment successful provincial court, oregon person it heard successful the Supreme Court of P.E.I.

Barnett, Elbourne and London are each agreeing to enactment successful jailhouse voluntarily, but could petition a bail proceeding astatine immoderate time. 

Offenders are often fixed further recognition for the clip they walk successful custody earlier they are sentenced, amounting to a time and a fractional for each day.

Equal to 6 fentanyl doses for everyone connected P.E.I.?

Fentanyl and different high-potency opioids person been identified arsenic substance for the overdose, homelessness and intelligence wellness crises seen crossed North America successful the past decade. A Statistics Canada study connected overdose deaths successful the archetypal 9 months of 2024 recovered that fentanyl was progressive successful three-quarters of them. 

An Island antheral was precocious sentenced to 7 and a fractional years successful situation aft pleading blameworthy to possessing 339 grams of fentanyl for the intent of trafficking. During his sentencing, the national Crown told the tribunal that that was capable of the cause for each Islanders to person 2 modular doses. 

Barnett, Elbourne and London are accused of having astir 3 times arsenic overmuch of the drug, which would adhd up to six doses of fentanyl for each of the 179,000 radical connected Prince Edward Island.

The seizure of 2.8 kilograms of crystal meth, a highly addictive synthetic stimulant, is besides important for P.E.I.

What was believed to beryllium the largest seizure successful the Island's past earlier this was successful February 2023, erstwhile RCMP seized 1.6 kilograms of fentanyl from a location successful Cornwall.

Charlottetown Police person said they volition proceed to enactment with constabulary crossed the state to find if this lawsuit is linked to organized crime.