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By Greg Fry

Crime

Quesnel drug bust nets fentanyl, heroin, cash, and prohibited firearms

May 20, 2022 | 11:44 AM

QUESNEL — Two Quesnel residents are facing drug trafficking charges following a drug bust this week.

RCMP executed a search warrant after observing two men selling drugs downtown yesterday (May 19).

Mounties seized fentanyl, heroin, cash and two prohibited firearms. RCMP say they were disturbed to learn that the fentanyl was rainbow coloured and in the form of rocks or pebbles, making it more attractive to children.

“Drug traffickers use the colours as a marketing tool to identify the potencies and the strengths of the drugs,” says Quesnel RCMP Cpl.Matt Isaak.

Fentanyl is roughly 50 times more toxic than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine. Police say contact with the drug, even in tiny amounts, can be deadly.

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The two men are facing charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a prohibited firearm.

The suspect’s names have not been released.