Man sentenced to 2.5 years for ‘dial-a-dope’ operation in B.C. Interior

KELOWNA — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced a 26-year-old man from India to 2.5 years in prison for taking part in a so-called “dial-a-dope” operation in Kelowna.
Mandeep Pandher pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, fentanyl and para‑fluorofentanyl, for the purpose of trafficking on the day his trial was set to begin last month.
Justice Gary Weatherill’s reasons for judgment say Pandher was arrested in May 2022 after police conducted surveilla