Explosives, weapons seized just as B.C. drug lab about to start operation, police say
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SURREY — British Columbia’s gang squad says it has uncovered what would have been a sophisticated illicit drug production organization, seizing large quantities of drugs, dozens of firearms and 65 cubes of commercial explosives.
RCMP Sgt. Sarbjit Sangha, with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said Wednesday that the discovery of explosives is especially disturbing because they are strictly regulated in Canada and only available to authorized blasting companies.
“They cannot be legally purchased, possessed, stored, or used by a member of the general public. The presence of these explosives, alongside illegal firearms and sophisticated drug lab, significantly elevated the public safety concerns associated with this investigation,” Sangha said during a news conference.
The drug lab was under construction and hadn’t yet started producing illicit drugs. Photos taken of the lab show clean, plywood benches with a large cooking pot, an industrial sink, numerous empty buckets and large chemistry flasks along a wall with tubes or wires coming from each.
