A Metro Vancouver drug dealer has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for trafficking in deadly fentanyl.
Walter James McCormick was sentenced Monday.
The Crown had recommended a sentence of 18 years, focusing on B.C.'s opioid crisis and calling the 53-year-old a "high-level drug trafficker."
McCormick pleaded guilty to trafficking and drug possession in 2016.
He was one of 10 people arrested in a police sting that uncovered a large fentanyl distribution network.
Police seized 27,000 fentanyl pills in the bust. They also took four kilograms of cocaine off the street, a kilogram of methamphetamine, other drugs, guns and money.
A year later, while he was out on bail, he was busted again with another 1,000 fentanyl pills.
In addition to the jail time, McCormick has a lifetime ban on firearms.
– with files from CTV Vancouver