A violent late-night meeting last fall between two alleged members of the drug trade has led to attempted murder and break and enter charges against a 26-year-old Port Coquitlam man.
Sina Mohammed Ali Tabrizi was expected to appear in B.C. provincial court in PoCo Thursday to face the charges related to two incidents that happened on Oct. 3, 2016.
Coquitlam RCMP say two people met up in the early morning hours at an isolated area on Pipeline Road, where a 29-year man was stabbed with what police are calling an "edged weapon," sustaining life-threatening injuries.
While the victim sought help, a break-in occurred at his Coquitlam home.
The accused, Tabrizi, is known to police and they say the crime was not random — both the victim and accused attacker knew each other through the drug trade, Mounties say.
Police were able to piece together the investigation because of the co-operation of witnesses and members of the community, and the retrieval of security video.
“This is a reminder that the drug trade involves a lot of dangers,” Sgt. Tony Porato of Coquitlam RCMP’s Investigative Support Team said in a press release. “It’s not a glamourous lifestyle. You can quickly go from short-term profit to nearly losing your life.”
