Canadian police bust ‘largest drug superlab' in Canada; 95,500,000 potentially lethal doses seized
Ottawa: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) recently seized a massive amount of fentanyl and other drugs from what has been described as Canada's largest and most advanced drug superlab. This significant bust took place in Falkland, British Columbia, a community located approximately 50 km east of Kamloops.
Federal investigators confiscated 54 kg of fentanyl, enough to produce over 95.5 million potentially lethal doses, along with large quantities of precursor chemicals, 390 kg of methamphetamine, 35 kg of cocaine, 15 kg of MDMA, and 6 kg of cannabis. According to the RCMP, the fentanyl alone held the potential to claim the life of every Canadian citizen twice over, and the street value of the seized drugs is estimated at $485 million.
The RCMP, with support from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), undertook multiple search operations, preventing a 310 kg shipment of methamphetamine from being exported. Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, head of RCMP federal policing in B.C. and Yukon, described the seizure as “unprecedented” in the history of Canadian policing.
Gaganpreet Randhawa, identified as the primary suspect, was arrested and now faces several charges related to drug and firearms offences. The investigation highlights the scale and threat of transnational organised crime groups in Canada, with authorities calling this raid a decisive effort to disrupt the illicit drug trade.
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Stalin accuses Centre of trying to use women's quota as 'weapon,' slams EPS over delimitation
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has strongly criticised the Centre over the women's reservation and accused it of trying to use it as a "weapon" to tackle the opposition before taking up the delimitation exercise based on population.
"The Union government is not concerned about implementing reservations for women. If their concerns were genuine, they could have done it right away. Rather than doing that, the BJP-led Centre is thinking of using it as a weapon to tackle opposition and take up the delimitation exercise based on population," he told PTI in an interview.
"Hence, the women's reservation must be implemented immediately without showing delimitation as a reason," the DMK president added.
Expressing apprehensions on the proposed delimitation exercise, the CM said it was the DMK that raised the first voice asserting the rights of the state after realising that Tamil Nadu would be affected by the proposed exercise. He also attacked his rival and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami over the delimitation issue.
Recalling efforts made by the DMK to raise the issue of population-based delimitation, he said an all-party meeting and a meeting of CMs under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee seeking fair delimitation were convened. It sought to freeze delimitation for 25 years and stick to it based on the 1971 Census population.
"We urged the union government that states which successfully implemented population control programmes must not be punished," he added.
The party came up with "Tamil Nadu poradum, Tamil Nadu vellum" (Tamil Nadu will struggle, Tamil Nadu will win) and this is DMK's stand, he said.
"However, Palaniswami, who is seeking votes for the entry of the BJP through the backdoor, has till date been mute over delimitation, and this is a betrayal of the people of Tamil Nadu."
