West Shore RCMP responding to a report of a vehicle hitting a pole on Happy Valley Road recently found two duffle bags containing more than 240 grams of fentanyl.
The driver had run off and left the drugs behind.
Cpl. Fred Ritchie of the Crime Reduction Unit said 240 grams of fentanyl would make up approximately 2,400 individual doses of the 鈥渆xtremely dangerous and deadly drug.鈥�
After the Feb. 1 collision in the 3400-block of Happy Valley Road, police began a drug-trafficking investigation, setting up surveillance. A suspect was tracked to a basement suite near Langford Lake Road and Langford Parkway.
A 26-year-old man was arrested Feb. 22. A search of the suite uncovered a loaded handgun, drugs including methamphetamine and steroids, and thousands of dollars in cash.
The man remains in custody.
Ritchie described it as a 鈥渓arge-scale鈥� trafficking operation.
Another drug bust on Feb. 18 involved four search warrants being executed with links to trafficking at a View Royal apartment. All told, there were three significant drug seizures in February, said West Shore RCMP Insp. Todd Preston.
鈥淥ur specialized units are an invaluable part of this type of work and the detachment is committed to combating drug trafficking in the West Shore,鈥� he said.
