B.C. gang squad announces cocaine, fentanyl, meth trafficking charges against men from Chilliwack, Coquitlam
59-year-old Jeremy Lyons also facing two other dated criminal matters related to illegal drug trafficking in Chilliwack
Jeremy William Lyons’ courthouse dance card is just about full.
The 59-year-old Chilliwack resident is one of two men charged with drug trafficking in Coquitlam, charges announced by B.C.’s gang squad in a news release issued Thursday (April 23, 2026), but Lyons has two other cases against him for illegal drug trafficking before the courts.
Lyons was arrested along with 33-year-old Kousha Vahabi Adl of Coquitlam back on June 24, 2025 and search warrants were executed at their respective residents in those two cities.
The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. (CFSEU-BC) is the agency headquartered at Green Timbers in Surrey responsible for policing organized crime in the province.
In February 2025, the CFSEU-BC’s anti-trafficking task force began an investigation leading to the search warrants executed in June.
Officers seized undisclosed amounts of cocaine, fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone, methamphetamine, cash, drug-trafficking paraphernalia, including packaging materials, and cellphones.
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On March 15, 2026, six charges were laid against Vahabi Adl: two for possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine and one each for trafficking morphine, hydromorphone, methamphetamine, and fentanyl.
Lyons faces two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine.
On March 27, 2026, Lyons turned himself in to police and was released with conditions. On April 13, 2026, Vahabi Adl did the same. Lyons is next due in court in Port Coquitlam on April 29.
Three days after he turned himself in on these charges, Lyons appeared in provincial court in Chilliwack on a different file, two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance in Chilliwack on July 17, 2023, and July 27, 2023. He is scheduled for a two-day voir dire in that case in November followed by a trial in January 2027.
That’s not all. Lyons was in court in Prince George on April 15 for what was supposed to be a pre-trial conference facing one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking for an alleged crime in Chilliwack on August 24, 2023. Co-accused on that file with the same charge is 33-year-old Tyler Joseph Paterson for an alleged incident on August 30, 2023. Both are scheduled for a video appearance for a pre-trial conference on June 2 in Prince George.
“Drug trafficking operations like this don’t just move illicit substances they endanger our communities,” said CFSEU-BC media relations officer Sgt. Sarbjit K. Sangha in the news release issued April 23. “With the arrest of the accused and the laying of serious trafficking charges, we are holding those responsible accountable.”
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