Police have made what they’re calling the largest fentanyl seizure in the province’s history.
RNC have uncovered what they’re calling a “one stop shop” for drugs.
Included are more than 500 grams of fentanyl, over 500 grams of methyl fentanyl and more than 250 grams of other types of fentanyl.
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The property was in Cochrane Pond Park, just outside St. John’s where, between a trailer and another home, it included 950 grams of cocaine, over 300 grams of crystal meth and 2,000 prescription pills.
Three people are now in custody, with 24-year-old Emma Murphy and Martin Marks facing a combined 85 charges. Twenty-seven-year-old Chris Somerton is also facing multiple charges.
Police say the bust had enough lethal doses to kill the entire city of St. John’s nearly twice over.
The estimated street value is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Some of the items seized include:
- More than 500 grams of fentanyl
- More than 500 grams of methylfentanyl
- More than 250 grams of fentanyl and other fentanyl analogues which include carfentanil, acetalfentanyl fluorofentanyl
- Over 950 grams of cocaine
- Over 300 grams of crystal meth
- Over 2,000 prescription pills including clonazepam, methylphenidate, oxycodone, lorazepam, benzodiazepines, hydromorphone, morphine, oxycodone, alprazolam, amphetamine, codeine, diazepan
- A loaded .22 calibre handgun
- A loaded SKS .22 calibre semi-automatic rifle
- Two replica handguns
- Drug manufacturing equipment
- Money counter
- Multiple cell phones
- Respirator masks
- Products at various stages of manufacturing
- Various unidentified substances in dishes/containers
- Packaging supplies
- Multiple gas storage tanks
- Colour dyes
- Vacuum sealer
