Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
National

Gurpreet Randhawa arrested in most sophisticated illicit drug "superlab" in Canadian history

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 31 Oct, 2024 03:02 PM
  • Gurpreet Randhawa arrested in most sophisticated illicit drug

Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug "superlab" in Canada. 

Police say they believe organized crime ran the operation where there was mass-production and distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine across Canada and internationally.

Officers served search warrants last week on the drug lab in Falkland, B.C., in the southern Interior, and associated locations in Surrey, in Metro Vancouver. 

Police say they seized 54 kilograms of fentanyl, "massive" amounts of precursor chemicals, 390 kilograms of methamphetamine, and smaller amounts of cocaine, MDMA and cannabis.

They also found a total of 89 firearms, including handguns, AR-15-style rifles and submachine-guns as well as small explosive devices, ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armour, and $500,000 in cash.

Investigators say a suspect, Gaganpreet Randhawa, was arrested and is in custody facing numerous drug and firearms-related offences.

Fentanyl is a main ingredient in much of the toxic illicit drugs that have killed nearly 48,000 people across the country between January 2016 and March 2024, according to the federal government.

 

MORE National ARTICLES

Body found near railway tracks in Nanaimo

Body found near railway tracks in Nanaimo
Mounties in Nanaimo say officers are investigating a suspicious death of a man whose body was found near railway tracks yesterday. They say a passersby found the body around noon behind the curling club on Wall Street in a forested area.

Body found near railway tracks in Nanaimo

NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM

NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM
The NDP is caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre when it comes to its stance on the consumer carbon price, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Speaking to reporters in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., Trudeau blasted the NDP on its equivocation on the consumer carbon price while responding to a question about the upcoming byelection in Montreal.

NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM

B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man

B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man
The report, authored by former Abbotsford Police chief Bob Rich, says the suspect in the stabbing, Blair Donnelly, was on his 100th unescorted leave from the BC Forensic Psychiatric Hospital on Sept. 10, 2023, when he allegedly stabbed three festivalgoers at the Light Up Chinatown Festival. 

B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man

CSC staff member assaulted in a prison

CSC staff member assaulted in a prison
Correctional Service Canada says a member of the staff was assaulted at the Kent Maximum Security Institution. The federal agency says the staff member was taken to an outside hospital to be treated and evaluated.

CSC staff member assaulted in a prison

BC 1st province to sign Pharmacare agreement

BC 1st province to sign Pharmacare agreement
British Columbia is becoming the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government. The agreement means B-C is the first province to have the federal government help fund hormone replacement therapy and diabetes expenses.

BC 1st province to sign Pharmacare agreement

Pedestrian struck on Highway 97

Pedestrian struck on Highway 97
Kelowna R-C-M-P say it is investigating the death of a pedestrian along Highway 97. Emergency health services were called to a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle along the highway and Burtch Road.

Pedestrian struck on Highway 97