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A man who was convicted of possessing fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking and possessing a loaded firearm has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

In June, Warren Brett Oswald, 37, pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver to the drug and firearm offences after an unsuccessful attempt to get the evidence excluded.

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On July 1, 2017, he was seen leaving a suite in a strata complex at 138 East Hastings St. that was suspected of being used for drug trafficking. Oswald assaulted a woman as she was tying to leave the suite, slamming the door on her and then punching her in the face three times before she managed to flee, according to a sentencing ruling.

After Oswald left the building he was arrested by police, who seized one round of ammunition from him as well as a small quantity of methamphetamine and a crack pipe. Inside a backpack that he was carrying police found 1.4 kilograms of meth, 535 grams of cocaine, 428 g of fentanyl and $28,000.