Major fentanyl drug bust in West Kelowna
Posted March 5, 2016 12:51 pm.
Last Updated March 5, 2016 1:30 pm.
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KELOWNA (NEWS 1130) – A major drug bust in West Kelowna uncovered a lab that police say was potentially producing hundreds of thousands of pills laced with fentanyl this week.
Police are now recommending criminal charges against three BC suspects and one Calgary man after raiding a commercial property and a rural property.
Officers found hundreds of fake Percocet and OcyContin pills, two industrial pill presses capable of producing approximately 2,500 pills per hour, a chemical mixer and eight kilograms of suspected fentanyl powder in a shop vacuum.
An estimated $40,000 in cash, a Dodge pickup truck valued at $60,000 and a Cadillac Escalade valued at $50,000 were seized as proceeds of crime
