Rasid Abdula, an Edmonton resident facing three counts of cocaine trafficking in NWT court, is wanted on an arrest warrant after years of delays impacting his legal proceedings.
Justice Andrew Mahar issued the arrest warrant on Monday.
Abdula was one of 15 people charged in December 2018 when the were concluding Project Gloomiest, a year-long investigation into cocaine trafficking in Yellowknife.
Delays in AbdulaSA国际影视传媒檚 case have been caused by a change of lawyers, the Covid-19 pandemic and then a loss of contact with the accused as of Sept. 11, 2020.
Crown prosecutor Jeffery Major-Hansford said the SA国际影视传媒渕atter had dragged onSA国际影视传媒 and that further adjournment of the court case would not be appropriate.