By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Prolific criminal handed 15-month jail sentence for drug offences

Nov 26, 2018 | 4:30 PM

NANAIMO — A significant jail sentence was issued to a prolific offender from the Oceanside area for drug offences in Parksville.

Kyle Andrew Thomsen, 28, was recently sentenced to 15-months in jail after he pleaded guilty to a pair of drug trafficking charges.

The offences happended in Parksville in September 2017.

Thomsen was also hit with a mandatory lifetime firearms ban, lifetime DNA order and one year probation.

Thomsen was credited for 414 days in custody prior to being jailed.

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His punishment was handed down by Judge Douglas Cowling in Provincial Court in Nanaimo.

Court records showed Thomsen has a preliminary inquiry scheduled for Dec. 10 for a matter under a publication ban.

Thomsen, whose hometown is Cumberland, was previously convicted for drug crimes in the Comox Valley, Nanaimo and Errington.

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