
An RCMP logo is seen on the shoulder of a superintendent during a news conference in St. John’s, N.L., on June 24, 2023. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
A British man who was living in Vancouver has been convicted in the United States after an RCMP investigation into a dark web drug trafficking network that resulted in the overdose deaths of two U.S. Navy servicemen.
The RCMP statement says 47-year-old Paul Anthony Nicholls was convicted Jan. 29 of one count each of conspiracy to import and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death following a jury trial in Georgia.

