A New Westminster Police-led investigation has turned up a cache of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $250,000.
The New Westminster Police investigation into fentanyl trafficking began in September 2017 and is part of an ongoing investigation into drug dealing in the city, according to police.
Led by the department’s street crime unit with the assistance of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team, Burnaby RCMP and Vancouver Police Department, the investigation came to a head on June 20, according to a press release from New Westminster Police.
That day, police executed four search warrants at residences in Metrotown and one in Vancouver. Five people, including two Burnaby residents, two Vancouver residents and one Surrey resident, were arrested as part of the investigation. All were released and no charges have been laid yet, according to police.
The searches turned up a number of vehicles, an undisclosed amount of cash, multiple firearms and ammunition. Also discovered was an undisclosed amount of drugs, including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, along with an estimated $250,000 worth of fentanyl, according to police.
