The last suspect in the Yukon’s RCMP Monolith drug bust has been arrested.

Alfred Marques, 41, was arrested in Surrey, B.C. last Friday, according to publicly available court documents.

Marques was scheduled for his first appearance today in Yukon territorial court.

He’s been charged with trafficking cocaine and possession for purpose of trafficking.

A warrant for his arrest was signed almost two years ago, when the RCMP’s Monolith operation came to an end.

On the warrant, available at the court, is written “Executed December 11, 2015, Signed on behalf of Surrey RCMP.”

The investigation, which heavily relied on a drug dealer turned informant, was conducted by Yukon RCMP’s Federal Investigations Unit.

“Projects such as this one are lengthy and intricate,” unit spokesperson Const. Julia Fox told the Star this morning.

“Yukon RCMP’s Federal Investigations Unit arranged for Mr. Marques’ return from Surrey to face his charges in the Yukon,” she said, when asked why it took the police two years to arrest Marques.

Because the matter is before the courts, Yukon RCMP said they wouldn’t provide any further details.

The force called the operation “one of the most significant organized crime investigations in the territory to date,” at the time.

On Nov. 17, 2013, the operation concluded with five arrests in Lower B.C. and one in the territory.

Jesse Ritchie was arrested at the SKKY Hotel in Whitehorse.

On Nov. 23 of this year, he pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine and marijuana.

Asif Aslam, Matthew Truesdale, Michael Dunbar, Kuntoniah Graham and Jason McMillan were arrested in B.C.

Dunbar was convicted in November 2014 for trafficking cocaine and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Graham was convicted on similar charges but has yet to be sentenced.

McMillan was acquitted in September of this year, with the judge ruling the Crown hadn’t proved its case.

Prosecutors have appealed the decision.

Aslam and Truesdale pled guilty Nov. 25 and were convicted of trafficking cocaine.

They’re scheduled back in court next March for sentencing.

Most of the case relied on a former drug dealer who wanted out but didn’t think others in the drug racket would accept his departure.

The identity of the man is protected under a publication ban.

He has also been placed in the witness protection program.

He officially became a police agent in late August 2013.

He made a number of purchases from Aslam, Truesdale and Ritchie.

RCMP then obtained a warrant to intercept communications between the men and the informant.

Drugs the man bought were turned over to the RCMP.

On Nov. 19, 2013, police searched a Surrey residence the informant had obtained drugs from.

They recovered 12 cellphones, four laptops, a tablet, a phone jammer, a scoresheet and an electronic scale.

At the November press conference announcing the drug bust, Yukon RCMP said they had recovered about 5 1/2 kilograms of cocaine and 28 1/2 kg of marijuana, in B.C. and Yukon.

In an agreed statement of facts filed for Truesdale and Aslam’s pleas, Crown prosecutors have said a gram of cocaine goes for about $100 when sold in the street.

That means the police seized more than half a million dollars in cocaine, and a little less than $300,000 in marijuana – a gram of pot going for $10.