Posted on 02/04/2025 3:20:32 PM PST by Peter ODonnell
(I don't know if it was posted back in late October, but this story seems very relevant to current events and shows the magnitude of the fentanyl potential threat to all of N America -- FYI, the location "Falkland BC" is between Vernon and Kamloops about a four our drive north of the border; a small aircraft or helicopter would be flying over largely barren terrain all the way south to let's say Omak WA or any other location in WA state -- no indication in story that any of this was destined for American markets -- you'll need to click on link to read newspaper story as I can't block copy text, highlights I post below can save you that bother -- Peter O'Donnell)
<< BC RCMP take down largest fentanyl and meth lab >>
-- weapons and $500,000 cash
-- enough fentanyl to create 95 million lethal doses
-- raid was a week before election on Oct. 31 2024.
-- at time of publication, one individual arrested, Gaganpreet Randhawa
-- $500,000 in cash was seized along with drugs, weapons and fentanyl.
-- $485 million (350m in usd$) in potential profits for gangs.
-- it was stated that Australia and New Zealand were among targets for lab's exports through Port of Vancouver.
-- associated properties in Surrey (near port of Vancouver) and Enderby (also near Vernon BC) were also raided.
-- a number of gangs, Canadian-based, mexican, Asian and middle eastern, were cited as being involved.
(I don't know how far into the legal process this prosecution is at present, trying to find updates)
... tip of the iceberg? probably.
(Excerpt) Read more at vancouversun.com ...
There’s the info behind the stiffness of Trumps middle finger.
You are killing my people Trudeau.
“95 million lethal doses”
Wow!
$500,000 cash
Nice round number
Our cousin just died from fentanyl in our small town a couple years ago. In a town of about 60,000 - 7 died together one night on the same bad batch.
Apparently hospitals are littered with fentanyl addicts. I think, I may be wrong, but there is a distinctive walk among street people - it is like a zombie walk with their backs parallel to the ground. I think these might be the meth users.
Time to resurrect the firing squads for enemy combatants?
Corruption and bad oversight at port of Vancouver is legendary, only 1% of containers are inspected (in and out) ... so lots of drugs and stolen vehicles are almost certain to be flowing through on a regular basis. I don’t know if it’s any better at ports on the American side (as of now).
It’s an international problem for certain, gangs are killing many thousands of people in all countries with their practice of addicting people to products that can sometimes be sold wit lethal amounts of fentanyl (if it suits the bottom line for any reason). While Trump is right to underscore the hazard to Americans, it is an international mass killing making enormous profits as this raid demonstrates — half a billion dollars of potential profit in this one police raid!
Fentanyl deaths were at least three times those attributed to COVID-19 in Canada in peak years of the pandemic (not saying I accept the COVID toll at face value, just what is reported concerning death toll from fentanyl) and then also the fact that people are forced into hazardous “street” lifestyles when they become addicted, adding to the death toll and creating epidemics of crime all over N America.
Time to resurrect the firing squads for enemy combatants?
"Gaganpreet Randhawa"
Something to don’t understand when a that we always hear how it could kill millions of people. And there’s always busts that are able to kill millions of people. If this stuff can kill so many millions, why is it still made? Should millions be dead from using it, or touching it?
I think I know what they are saying. Let’s say two bottles of liquor would kill a personif they sat down and drank both bottles in two hours. Therefore, if I have six bottles on my shelf,I have enough liquor to kill three people.
look up lethal amount of the drug, then think how much product control goes into illicit pill manufacturing in someone’s kitchen, some people die from their first snort of cocaine, purity kills
Got it, thanks!
True. Appreciate it.
I believe the problem is when dealers use too large a proportion of fentanyl in their product and it becomes a lethal dose. This may occur if there is not enough of the narcotic available, or if they are so callous that they deliberately harm their customers (these are basically two ways of saying the same thing). And first responders who come into contact with the lethal doses can also die as a result.
The difference is that it only takes a 1/2 shot to OD, and they’re using a full shot glass to measure the 1/8 shot they put in each dose they sell. And they have an entire liquor store worth of bottles in the living room.
Whereas most people don’t drink a whole bottle at a time, much less two.
(Actual way less dose to OD, but you get the idea)
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