June 25, 2025
RED FM News Desk
Four individuals have been charged following a 14-month drug trafficking and firearms investigation led by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit ofBritish Columbia (CFSEU-BC) in Northern BC. The investigation began in April 2023, targeting a drug trafficking network operating in Prince Rupert.
On June 5, 2024, following a 14-month investigation, CFSEU-BC North District, in partnership with the Prince Rupert RCMP and with assistance from the Prince Rupert Coastal Unit, executed five search warrants in Prince Rupert.
Investigators seized the following items:
• Nine (9) firearms, including two loaded shotguns, a Tikka rifle and a loaded 9 mm handgun with a prohibited magazine;
• 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine;
• 16 grams of cocaine along with kilogram-style packaging,
• Approximately $38,000 in bundled cash
• Two (2) vehicles as offence-related property.
On June 5, 2025, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada approved twenty-eight (28) criminal charges against the following individuals:
• Keith Fenton (38 years old), of Prince Rupert – charged with trafficking in a controlled substance, possession of a loaded restricted firearm, possession of a firearm without authorization, possession of a prohibited device (over capacity magazine), and five counts of unsafe firearm storage;
• Richard Gladstone (34 years old), of Prince Rupert – charged with seven (7) counts of trafficking a controlled substance;
• Johnathn Sharkey (35 years old), of Prince Rupert – charged with ten (10) counts of trafficking a controlled substance;
• Kimberly Jenna Smith (27 years old), of Prince Rupert – charged with two (2) counts of trafficking a controlled substance.
Keith Fenton, Richard Gladstone, Kimberly Smith and Johnathn Sharkey have been arrested and released with conditions.
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