Vancouver police officers have arrested a man a day after he began operating an illicit drug dispensary in the Downtown Eastside.
According to a police statement, the 51-year-old man has been arrested for drug trafficking after he started selling cocaine, crack, methamphetamine and heroin out of a mobile trailer parked near the intersection of Main and Cordova streets.
The VPD said it could not name the individual as no charges have been laid.
Jerry Martin wears body armour and sells illicit drugs from behind a Plexiglass barrier in his mobile drug store on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (CBC News)
Wednesday, CBC News spoke with
