RCMP federal investigators are set to release details of a bust of the largest, most sophisticated drug superlab in Canada.
At a press conference at 1 p.m. on Thursday, officers with the RCMP Federal Policing Program – Pacific Region are set to detail how they seized record numbers of drugs, precursor chemicals and firearms.
Earlier this week, federal investigators revealed they dismantled a criminal operation on Vancouver Island and arrested six suspects believed to be involved in the distribution of illicit drugs, unregulated cannabis, and contraband tobacco.
Thousands of counterfeit cannabis-laced edibles were seized, including chocolate bars, candies and chips with packaging resembling popular name-brand snacks.
Police said the edibles contained THC and likely had been cross-contaminated with other substances.
On Oct. 3, investigators executed search warrants at Green Coast Dispensary in Port Alberni and Coastal Storm Dispensary located in Lantzville, a suspended stash site in Port Alberni and a storage and production facility adjacent to Coastal Storm Dispensary.
Mushrooms, contraband tobacco, a shotgun, two ATM machines and more than $400,000 in cash were also seized.
More to come…