The jury trial of a Yellowknife woman, one of nine people arrested in a sweeping 2016 drug trafficking probe, began in NWT Supreme Court Tuesday morning.

Serenus Bryan, 51, faces two counts of trafficking a controlled substance.

She was arrested in September 2016 as part of Project Green Manalishi - a far-reaching G Division-led investigation into high-level drug trafficking in Yellowknife and the territory.

In February 2016, began intercepting the private phone calls and text messages of suspects identified in the investigation.

In a Yellowknife courtroom on Tuesday, Crown prosecutor Duane Praught addressed the 12-member jury.

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The 22 wiretapped calls, played aloud in court to jurors, were recorded by between late February and late March 2016. Through an agreed statement of facts, the Crown established that on many of the intercepted calls, both Todd Dube and Michael Lapierre  - arrested in Green Manalishi - can be heard speaking.

After being convicted of conspiring to traffic fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs, Dube was sentenced to nine years in prison for his part as leader in a sophisticated and lucrative drug network in Yellowknife.

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An officer, who Yellowknifer isnSA国际影视传媒檛 naming due to his ongoing undercover work, took the stand Tuesday.

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Asked who he believed the voice belonged to, the witnessed stretched his hand, pointing to Bryan in the courtroom.

The witness told the court he believed it was her voice on each of the 22 intercepted phone calls.

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But other calls made by the witness-identified voice to Dube often involved money - and money owed.

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In some of the intercepts, the two were heard having heated disagreements.

In cross-examining the officer, who interviewed the accused one day after her arrest, BryanSA国际影视传媒檚 lawyer Steve Smith questioned the Crown witness about his interviewing techniques.

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Under cross-examiner, the officer told the court Bryan was not an initial suspect in Project Green Manalishi.

The Crown is expected to call to more witnesses - an officer and a drug trafficking expert - when the trial resumes Wednesday morning.