CALGARY — Police have seized another stash of fentanyl, a drug linked to an alarming number of deaths in Alberta.
ALERT Calgary — a team of city and RCMP members — arrested a suspected drug dealer March 31st and seized 500 fentanyl pills, with an estimated street value of $40,000.
They also seized cocaine and $117,000 cash. The cash, which is considered proceeds of crime, will go to help support victims.
Preliminary numbers released by RCMP, AHS and the Chief Medical Examiner last month show fentanyl killed more than 100 Albertans in 2014. That is a significant increase from six deaths in 2011.
Fentanyl is a synthetic drug that appears in the form of pills or powder.
It’s said to be 100 times more potent than morphine and 20 times more powerful than OxyContin.
Fentanyl is often referred to as ‘greenies’ on the street and is sometimes sold as OxyContin, because the pills look similar.
With this latest bust, police in Alberta have seized nearly 90,000 fentanyl pills in the past year.
Jamal Louisy, 28, has been charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime.
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