Penticton RCMP have rounded up a known drug dealer who has just been released from custody.

The unidentified Oliver resident was busted Wednesday, November 19 when police pulled over a vehicle with two occupants on Highway 97.

Police say the man was carrying half-a-dozen ounces of cocaine and had been busted a few days prior to his most recent arrest.

"This same male had been arrested by police just nine days earlier on Carmi Avenue in Penticton in possession of over five ounces of cocaine and was released on bail from court two days later," says Corporal Brad Myhre of the Penticton RCMP Drug Task Force.