The defendant was convicted of trafficking in crack cocaine and related offences following an undercover police operation in Ottawa's market area.
The defendant subsequently brought an application to stay the proceedings on the basis of entrapment.
The court found that while the police did not have a reasonable suspicion that the defendant was engaged in drug trafficking at the initial contact, by the time the officer provided an opportunity to commit the offence, reasonable suspicion had been established through the defendant's conduct and statements.
The court also found that the police were engaged in a bona fide inquiry into drug trafficking in a precisely defined geographic area where criminal activity was concentrated.
The application to stay proceedings was dismissed.
