Police enforcement of Prince George's drug-use bylaw 'flies in the face' of decriminalization: lawyer

Juls Budau says she got a panicked call from staff at the wellness space she manages at a court-protected encampment in Prince George, B.C., shortly after midnight on Good Friday.

They told her RCMP were searching people at Moccasin Flats and that officers also entered and searched the wellness space operated by Uniting Northern Drug Users (UNDU) without a warrant. 

Police say they confiscated small amounts of drugs during the search on April 7, in accordance with a city bylaw that appears to oppose decriminalization laws recently introduced in British Columbia.

An RCMP spokesperson told CBC News that officers noticed open drug use at Moccasin Flats after they entered the site while looking for a

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