A Yellowknife woman who sold fentanyl and cocaine as a SA国际影视传媒渢rustedSA国际影视传媒� member of Norman HacheSA国际影视传媒檚 expansive drug enterprise will learn her fate next month following a court appearance earlier this week.

Thirty-nine-year-old Bonita Bohnet, who pleaded guilty to trafficking fentanyl and conspiring to traffic cocaine in October, appeared before Justice Karan Shaner in NWT Supreme Court, Tuesday.

Bohnet was arrested and charged in April 2016 after a sweeping probe into high-level drug trafficking in Yellowknife SA国际影视传媒� dubbed Project Green Manalishi SA国际影视传媒� uncovered her involvement in the trafficking of controlled substances in the city and throughout the territory.

In February of 2016, the MountiesSA国际影视传媒� federal investigation arm began monitoring the communications of Bohnet and several others, intercepting phone calls and text messages that suggested she was closely connected to the sale of drugs brought into territory by Hache.

Through an agreed statement of facts read by Crown prosecutor Duane Praught, the court heard Bohnet picked up a street-level dealer on March 10, 2016 and supplied him with 12 fentanyl pills.

Between Feb. 24 and April 13, 2016, Bohnet conspired with Hache and several others to traffic cocaine in Yellowknife and throughout the territory. Acting under the direction of Hache, Bohnet SA国际影视传媒� along with Devon Herback SA国际影视传媒� assumed the role of a primary operator of several dial-a-dope phones in the city.

Herback, who doubled as both a street-level dealer and transporter of cocaine to neighboring communities, was handed a 36-month sentence in February.

In audio recordings of intercepted phone calls played in court on Tuesday, Bohnet could be heard arranging and facilitating the sale of cocaine and crack cocaine to both buyers and dealers in Yellowknife. In an exchange with Herback, she was heard lamenting about a SA国际影视传媒渟lowSA国际影视传媒� day of sales. In another recording from April 2016, Bohnet calls an individual while in Mexico and is told she would be coming back to a SA国际影视传媒渂ig stackSA国际影视传媒� of profits.

BohnetSA国际影视传媒檚 involvement in the Hache-led drug ring SA国际影视传媒� with who she eventually sold eight to nine ounces of cocaine a day SA国际影视传媒� came to an abrupt end on April 14, 2016 when police moved in on the network, making several arrests and executing multiple search warrants.

Bohnet and another former accused, Michael Lapierre, were arrested while driving from HacheSA国际影视传媒檚 driveway. A search of the vehicle driven by Bohnet turned up dozens of baggies filled with drugs, including 14 grams of cocaine located in a gum package. Cash and a cellphone SA国际影视传媒� which had been broken in half SA国际影视传媒� were also seized.

Charges against Lapierre were dropped in September.

A search of HacheSA国际影视传媒檚 residence resulted in the seizure of cocaine , cash and two rifles. Hache was sentenced to five years in prison in August.

Cocaine along with 36 fentanyl pills and four cellphones were located at BohnetSA国际影视传媒檚 home.

In court on Tuesday,the Crown prosecutor and BohnetSA国际影视传媒檚 lawyer, Peter Harte, presented two starkly different portraits of her involvement in drug trafficking.

Praught said the numerous incriminating phone calls and texts gathered by law enforcement reveal Bohnet was a SA国际影视传媒渕iddle-tierSA国际影视传媒� player who had a close and trusting relationship with network kingpin Hache.

Praught said Bohnet played a significant role in the organization SA国际影视传媒� SA国际影视传媒渆nthusiasticallySA国际影视传媒� co-ordinating and planning the sale and storage of drugs while overseeing dealers working beneath her.

SA国际影视传媒淭his is not someone on the fringe. She knows HacheSA国际影视传媒檚 suppliers. SheSA国际影视传媒檚 passing along messages. SheSA国际影视传媒檚 privy to intimate information with respect to the organization,SA国际影视传媒� said Praught, adding Bohnet had SA国际影视传媒渟waySA国际影视传媒� and influence within the drug ring.

Harte submitted BohnetSA国际影视传媒檚 undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, coupled with a need to support her own drug habit, resulted in her getting caught up in the drug trade. Harte said BohnetSA国际影视传媒檚 involvement also stemmed from a compulsion to help her friend Hache.

Harte said BohnetSA国际影视传媒檚 conduct and criminal record SA国际影视传媒� which includes prior drug convictions SA国际影视传媒� was understandable given her medical condition that was left untreated.

SA国际影视传媒淭here was more than greed involved here,SA国际影视传媒� said Harte.

But Praught, calling Bohnet a SA国际影视传媒渞esponsibleSA国际影视传媒� drug dealer who made sure dial-a-dope shifts were covered, said she was mainly motivated by financial gain.

SA国际影视传媒淪he knew what she was doing and she was making a lot of money doing it,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

Praught called for Shaner to hand down a sentence of five years.

Harte, urging Shaner to consider BohnetSA国际影视传媒檚 status as a Metis woman and the disproportionate number of incarcerated Indigenous offenders, asked for four years.

Bohnet, who was released with conditions in 2016, is due back in court on April 6 for a sentencing decision.