Largest drug "super lab" in Canada's history is busted

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Canadian constabulary dismantled what they said Thursday is nan largest, astir blase illicit supplier "super lab" successful nan country, saying they had seized "a grounds number of forbidden firearms, synthetic narcotics and precursor chemicals."

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they judge organized crime ran nan cognition wherever location was mass-production and distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine crossed Canada and internationally.

Officers served hunt warrants past week connected nan supplier laboratory successful Falkland, British Columbia and associated locations successful Surrey, successful Metro Vancouver. The RCMP released aggregate photos of nan cognition showing officers successful protective suits retrieving items from nan "super lab."

Police said they seized 54 kilograms of fentanyl, "massive" amounts of precursor chemicals, 390 kilograms of methamphetamine, and smaller amounts of cocaine, MDMA and cannabis.

They besides recovered a full of 89 firearms, including handguns, AR-15-style rifles and submachine-guns -- "many of which were loaded and fresh to beryllium used." They besides recovered mini explosive devices, ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, assemblage armor, and $500,000 Canadian (US$359,000) successful cash.

Investigators said a suspect, Gaganpreet Randhawa, was arrested and is successful custody facing galore supplier and firearms-related charges.

"This is undoubtedly a awesome rustle to nan transnational organized crime groups involved, and a awesome measurement towards ensuring nan information of Canadians, and nan world community," said Jillian Wellard, Officer successful Charge of Federal Policing Pacific Region.

Fentanyl is simply a main constituent successful overmuch of nan toxic illicit narcotics that person killed astir 48,000 group crossed Canada betwixt January 2016 and March 2024, according to nan Canadian government.

The bust comes astir 2 weeks aft Canadian constabulary said had made arrests linked to different transnational organized crime group. The RCMP said it had worked pinch nan FBI for complete a twelvemonth to target a Mexican cartel-linked criminal web which had been moving ample amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine from Central and South America via nan United States to Canada and overseas.

Canadian authorities said that web had besides has been commissioning murders crossed North America, and laundering important amounts of money. The alleged leader of that network, Canadian Ryan Wedding, remains astatine large, and is wanted by nan United States and Canada, authorities said.