A man who was arrested in Port Alberni in 2022 was sentenced to five years and six months in prison by Justice Bantourakis for drug-related crimes on Sept. 16.

Peter Alexander, 41, was arrested on Feb. 3, 2022. A U-Haul truck he rented and was behind what court documents describe as a "known drug house" in Port Alberni. Officers stopped Alexander and suspected he had fentanyl in the truck after seeing a package inside. He was arrested and searched when officers found 41 grams of cocaine, 527 grams of fentanyl powder, 198 grams of methamphetamine and 376 grams of fentanyl and flubromazepam.

The court documents from the sentencing said the value of the drugs was estimated at $86,000 to $122,000.

Crown prosecutors sought an eight-year sentence for Alexander, while the defence pushed for a

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