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HALIFAX - A six-year member of the RCMP who thought he was headed to an
elite unit in Ottawa is instead staying in Halifax to face charges he sold
drugs.
Const. Joseph Daniel Ryan, 31, a star performer with the 40-member RCMP
detachment outside Halifax, was being transferred to the elite unit in
Ottawa that provides bodyguards to the prime minister.
But last Thursday, he was arraigned in court in Halifax on one charge of
selling marijuana.
"When these allegations surfaced, we acted on them quickly," said RCMP
spokesman Sgt. Wayne Noonan. "He didn't know it, but the transfer was put
on hold at that point, and of course as you know, it was cancelled."
Ryan's transfer to the so-called Prime Minister's Police Department was to
be the next step on a rapid climb to the top. His application a year ago
was quickly endorsed by senior officers.
In the past few years, Ryan has impressed the Mountie brass and generated
headlines by making hundreds of drug busts ranging from million-dollar
growing operations to an alleged small-time dealer working out of the
Halifax landfill.
Ryan's two-member "street team" seized more than $2.13 million in drugs,
cash and vehicles in 1999.
He is suspended with pay pending the outcome of the case. Ryan is free on
bail until his next court appearance, set for June 4.
Written by CBC News Online staff
Newshawk: puff_tuff
Pubdate: Wed Jan 30, 2002
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Canada)
Website: CBC.ca - watch, listen, and discover with Canada's Public Broadcaster
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Address: P.O. Box 3220, Station C, Ottawa, Canada K1Y 1E4
Contact: cbcinput@toronto.cbc.ca
Copyright: 2002 CBC
elite unit in Ottawa is instead staying in Halifax to face charges he sold
drugs.
Const. Joseph Daniel Ryan, 31, a star performer with the 40-member RCMP
detachment outside Halifax, was being transferred to the elite unit in
Ottawa that provides bodyguards to the prime minister.
But last Thursday, he was arraigned in court in Halifax on one charge of
selling marijuana.
"When these allegations surfaced, we acted on them quickly," said RCMP
spokesman Sgt. Wayne Noonan. "He didn't know it, but the transfer was put
on hold at that point, and of course as you know, it was cancelled."
Ryan's transfer to the so-called Prime Minister's Police Department was to
be the next step on a rapid climb to the top. His application a year ago
was quickly endorsed by senior officers.
In the past few years, Ryan has impressed the Mountie brass and generated
headlines by making hundreds of drug busts ranging from million-dollar
growing operations to an alleged small-time dealer working out of the
Halifax landfill.
Ryan's two-member "street team" seized more than $2.13 million in drugs,
cash and vehicles in 1999.
He is suspended with pay pending the outcome of the case. Ryan is free on
bail until his next court appearance, set for June 4.
Written by CBC News Online staff
Newshawk: puff_tuff
Pubdate: Wed Jan 30, 2002
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Canada)
Website: CBC.ca - watch, listen, and discover with Canada's Public Broadcaster
Feedback: https://cbc.ca/aboutcbc/contact/index.html
Address: P.O. Box 3220, Station C, Ottawa, Canada K1Y 1E4
Contact: cbcinput@toronto.cbc.ca
Copyright: 2002 CBC
