(Saint John)-In what Saint John city police called operation crackdown phase three  234-Thousand dollars in drugs were seized along with  31 weapons including 12 shotguns and  two Tasers.

40 people have been arrested in the operation including 5 young offenders after  police issued  search warrants in both the North End and West side of the city.


Police says charges including trafficking in cocaine and cultivation as well as possession of stolen property and firearms related offences have been laid.

This  is the third in a series of operations  city police have carried out over the past  seven months.