3 from Ontario charged in what Charlottetown police call 'record' drug bust

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Charlottetown constabulary seized a immense magnitude of drugs, including crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine, aft arresting 3 radical Monday.

Police accidental thoroughfare worth of seized fentanyl, crystal meth, cocaine estimated astatine $665,000

Stephen Brun · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 11, 2025 1:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

A ample magnitude of drugs, wealth and phones beryllium connected a array successful a constabulary station.

Charlottetown constabulary seized a immense magnitude of drugs, including crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine, aft arresting 3 radical Monday.

Police said successful a quality merchandise that officers conducted a targeted postulation halt successful the metropolis Monday day and arrested 1 antheral and 2 women.

Shortly aft arrests, the force's tactical effect squad executed a hunt warrant astatine a residence successful Stratford.

There, officers seized 2.8 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 1 kilogram of fentanyl and 763 grams of cocaine, on with $5,800 successful currency and respective compartment phones.

Charlottetown constabulary said successful the quality merchandise that the thoroughfare worth of the drugs seized is an estimated $665,000.

The 3 radical arrested are a 21-year-old antheral and 2 23-year-old women, who are each believed to beryllium from Ontario.

Each volition look 3 charges of possession of drugs for the intent of trafficking. The antheral is besides charged with breach of probation, portion 1 of the women is charged with nonaccomplishment to comply with a merchandise order.

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They volition each stay successful custody until an quality successful provincial court, the merchandise said.

Crystal meth is simply a highly addictive synthetic stimulant. Fentanyl is simply a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin, and it tin beryllium adjacent much unsafe erstwhile cause dealers premix it with different substances.

'Record seizure'

The merchandise notes that the total magnitude of drugs seized successful this bust is simply a "record seizure" successful the province.

What's believed to beryllium the largest seizure successful the Island's past earlier this happened successful February 2023, erstwhile RCMP seized 1.6 kilograms of fentanyl from a location successful Cornwall, westbound of Charlottetown.

Last June, Charlottetown constabulary made their second-largest bust astatine the time when they seized 339 grams of fentanyl. Police said the approximate thoroughfare worth of that seizure was $170,000.

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