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Accused’s warehouse was raided as a result of an alleged informer tip. Police discovered a box containing various drugs. BY was charged accordingly with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking in Fentanyl and Cocaine. BY retained John Navarrete as defence counsel. After reviewing initial disclosure, Mr. Navarrete had a Crown Pretrial with the Federal Crown at Old City Hall. Mr. Navarrete questioned the reliability of the informer tip and advised that the box containing the drugs belonged to a specific person, whom Mr. Navarrete believed was the likely the informer. Mr. Navarrete believed that the informer had only provided the information to police only after the informer had been arrested. The Federal Crown reviewed this issue and the file and decide to withdraw the charges against BY.