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21-year-old facing drug trafficking charges after 9 people overdosed

The young group thought they were using cocaine when they overdose on September 2016. File photo

Delta Police say a 21-year-old man is facing drug charges following a number of fentanyl-related overdoses last year.

Daniel Chesshire has been charged with two counts of trafficking a controlled substance.

READ MORE: Delta Police called to 9 drug overdoses in 20-minute period

Nine young people overdosed within a 20-minute span in September 2016 at four different locations.

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Narcan was used to revive eight of them, who thought they were using cocaine.

Chesshire is due to appear in court in a couple of weeks.

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