RCMP in B.C. say they have taken down “the largest, most sophisticated drug superlab in Canada.”
In a release, the police force says federal investigators focused on combating illicit drug production in Canada busted the lab, which is believed to be run by a “transnational organized crime group… involved in the mass-production, and distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine across Canada, and internationally.”
More details are being shared this afternoon in Surrey by Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, commander of the RCMP federal policing program in B.C. and Yukon.
In a written statement, Teboul called the seizure “unprecedented” in Canadian policing.
The announcement follows a report on Wednesday from RCMP announcing charges had been approved against 19 people involved in the illicit drug trade in northeast B.C.
More to come.