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Fentanyl Worth $348,000 Seized In Vancouver's International Mail Centre, Calgary Man, 27, Charged

The Canadian Press, 13 Aug, 2015 10:24 AM
    CALGARY — Another fentanyl arrest has two police forces and Alberta's health agency working together to raise awareness about the dangerous drug.
     
    A Calgary man has been charged after a joint investigation by the Canadian Border Services Agency, the RCMP and Calgary police.
     
    Authorities say a border officer at Vancouver's International Mail Centre intercepted a parcel from China last month marked as a muffler and addressed to someone in Calgary.
     
    A lab test confirmed the 122 grams of white powder, worth an estimated $348,000 on the street in the package to be pure fentanyl.
     
    Kasimir Tyabji, who is 27 and from Calgary, is charged with one count of importing a controlled substance and is next to appear in court on Monday.
     
    Alberta Health Services launched a new awareness and education campaign last month about the deadly opioid.
     
    Police warn fentanyl is an exceptionally dangerous substance. As little as two milligrams — the equivalent of two grains of salt — can kill someone.

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