Fentanyl Cocaine

• New evidence halts fentanyl-laced cocaine trial: Saskatoon Crown

  The Crown stayed drug and weapons charges to skip a preliminary hearing in a Saskatoon case of cocaine laced with fentanyl that police say proved deadly.

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2019
  
• Trial begins for 2 men accused in fentanyl-laced cocaine deaths in Saskatoon

  Shervin Beeharry and Japmanjot Grewal are accused of drug trafficking and weapons offences in Saskatoon.

  Crime

  Apr 2, 2019
  
• Advertisement
• Man accused of manslaughter in Saskatoon fatal overdose case released again

  Azam Kabani is one of three people accused of trafficking cocaine laced with fentanyl that Saskatoon police say caused four deaths.

  Crime

  Feb 27, 2019
• Advertisement
• Police confirm fentanyl linked to overdoses of 5 people who attended Ontario party

  Police say five people who overdosed after using what they believed was cocaine at a party in a city north of Toronto, actually took heroin laced with the deadly opioid fentanyl.

  Crime

  Feb 16, 2017
• Fentanyl-laced cocaine suspected in death, overdose on Ontario First Nations reserve

  Police on a First Nations reserve in southwestern Ontario are investigating whether cocaine laced with fentanyl is behind the death of a man and the overdose of another earlier this week.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2017
• Experts sound alarm after 40% increase of fentanyl-laced street drugs tested in Canada

  New statistics show an increase of more than 40 per cent in the number of street drugs testing positive for fentanyl across the country this year compared to last, and experts are warning there has never been a more dangerous time to be a drug user in Canada.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2016
• Fentanyl laced cocaine confirmed in Ottawa, amid growing ‘crisis’ in Ontario

  Ottawa police have confirmed their first case of cocaine laced with fentanyl and are warning the public of the dangers of the potentially fatal opiate, which is increasingly showing up in illegal drugs across the province amid an overdose "public health crisis."

  Crime

  Oct 14, 2016
• Suspect charged after 5 people overdose on cocaine laced with fentanyl at Ontario party

  A 22-year-old Barrie, Ont., man has been charged in connection with the drug overdoses of five people, who police said used cocaine that was laced with an opiate believed to be fentanyl at a party.

  Crime

  Oct 4, 2016