RCMP say they arrested a 46-year-old man after illicit drugs were sold to "undercover operators" at the well-known Prince George, B.C., restaurant where he worked.

Prince George RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said after the sale, police executed a search warrant at the Twisted Cork on Friday and arrested the man who was believed to be using the restaurant to operate an "open air" drug market.

"O pen air drug markets refer to anywhere where drugs are sold openly — so not covertly, but openly — and with the intent to attract as many customers of illicit drugs as possible," Cooper told CBC News in an interview.

CBC News spoke to restaurant owner Troy Mackenzie who said the news was "troubling" and that the first he knew of the investigation or alleged illicit drugs sales was when

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