High-ranking Kamloops drug trafficker gets sentencing date

KAMLOOPS – A sentencing date has been set for Zale Coty, 55, of Kamloops, a high-ranking member of the Throttle Lockers motorcycle gang and drug dealer.

Earlier this month, a Kamloops courtroom heard Coty apologize for the harm his actions have caused and plead guilty to multiple charges of drug trafficking.

Coty was one of three men charged in 2022 after a years-long undercover investigation by RCMP targeting Sunshine Gardens, a former Valleyview hydroponics store owned by Coty.

On Monday afternoon in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops, Coty was given a sentencing date of July 18, 2024.

Despite Coty’s apology in court on April 8, the prosecution is pushing for 12 years in prison. Coty’s defence team has asked for six years. Coty remains out on bail.