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Regina police seize fentanyl worth $1.8 million

Search turned up tools for mixing/cutting fentanyl along with drugs, cash.
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Items seized in a search.

REGINA — The second large seizure of drugs by the Regina Police Service Drug Unit in less than a month includes 4.5 kilograms of fentanyl worth a street value of approximately $1.8 million.

On Friday, March 1, RDU officers, along with patrol, arrested two males in a vehicle in the parking lot of a business in the 500 block of Albert Street North. Officers had reason to believe the two were involved in drug trafficking.

The two suspects were taken into custody without incident. A search of the suspect vehicle, subsequent to the arrest, turned up a large quantity of illicit drugs, cutting agents, food colourings, mixing tools, heat sealers, weigh scales, and packaging (all tools for mixing/cutting fentanyl).

The following were some of the items seized:

  • 4.5 kilograms of fentanyl
  • 850 grams of cocaine;
  • 5.2 kilograms of methamphetamine:
  • 1 litre of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (commonly known as GHB)
  • $22,238 in cash
  • vehicle

“The Regina Drug Unit remains committed to holding high-level dealers accountable,” explains Cory Lindskog, Inspector, Investigative Services Division. “Arrests like this result in a disruption of the, often deadly, drug trade in our city by taking these dangerous drugs off of our streets.”

 As a result of this investigation, a 38-year-old man was charged with:

  • three counts of possession of scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking; and
  • possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

A 51-year-old man is charged with:

  • two counts of possession of scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking; and
  • possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime.

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