Accused in Project Debris drug bust pleads guilty
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This article was published 26/05/2022 (1378 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A man pleaded guilty to his role in a Brandon-based drug trafficking network that had links to British Columbia.
Mitchell Livingstone pleaded guilty in Brandon provincial court to conspiring to traffic cocaine and methamphetamine between Oct. 19, 2020, and April 20, 2021, and possessing a stun gun and a firearm contrary to a prohibition.
Livingstone told the court he understood there wouldn’t be a trial on the charges and said he was pleading guilty voluntarily. No other details were read in court on Thursday.
Livingstone was previously arrested as part of Project Debris, which was a joint investigation by the Manitoba RCMP, the Brandon Police Service and the Rivers Police Service.
The investigation culminated in April 2021 after police seized $17,000 in cash along with cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and 14 firearms, police said at the time, noting there was evidence of “high-level” drug trafficking.
Defence lawyer Andrew Synyshyn said a joint recommendation on Livingstone’s sentence was expected to be presented at a future sentencing hearing.
A total of 12 people were charged in Project Debris. James Livingstone pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic a schedule-1 substance earlier in May and is expected to be sentenced in June.
Clay Kirby pleaded guilty in February to possession of a prohibited device and improperly storing firearms for charges stemming from Project Debris.
Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta sentenced him to a six-month conditional sentence order and ordered him to forfeit all of his firearms. She also banned him from owning firearms for five years.
The charges for a number of other co-accused are still before the court and they are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Mitchell Livingstone is expected to be sentenced for the charges in mid-June.
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