MONTREAL — The Mounties said they’ve broken up a cocaine trafficking ring that was employing an unorthodox way of smuggling their product.
The RCMP said in a news release the group it targeted was concealing the illicit drugs by mixing cocaine with asphalt powder.
RCMP said one of seventeen people arrested Wednesday was considered the chemist, who they said would extract the cocaine from the mixture.
Police said the drug trafficking network was well structured and aimed to control territory in the Montreal area as well as the Atlantic provinces.
The accused face a wide range of charges that include gangsterism, importation, trafficking and possession.
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