Man convicted in Nanaimo drug raid lured to crime by estranged father
NANAIMO — Five years in prison was issued to a man who pleaded guilty to three drugs and weapons charges following a raid at a downtown Nanaimo condo tower.
The sentence against Luis Baez, 21, of Surrey, was issued by BC Supreme Court Justice Robert Johnston after a joint submission by Crown Counsel and the defence Tuesday afternoon.
Court heard Baez was caught up in a drug raid in which a group of other men were in fact the target on the 25th floor of The Beacon on Promenade Dr. on November, 2, 2016.
Baez ditched a loaded handgun on a stairwell, while cocaine and heroin were found in his gym bag during a search by Nanaimo RCMP and Vancouver Island Emergency Response Team members.