
RCMP dismantles super drug lab in Abbotsford and Surrey, uncovers enough fentanyl for 27 million doses
CHILLIWACK — Three men in British Columbia face a litany of drug-related charges after federal RCMP drug agents raided and dismantled a super drug lab in Abbotsford and Surrey this past week.
According to a statement from Cpl. Arash Seyed, media relations officer for the Federal Serious & Organized Crime (FSOC) unit, the B.C. RCMP Federal Policing Clandestine Laboratories Enforcement and Response team (CLEAR) arrested three men on January 14 for their alleged involvement in the operation of a sophisticated clandestine drug lab on properties located in Abbotsford and Surrey.
The search of the sites uncovered a drug super lab at the Abbotsford location, with evidence of a synthetic drug operation that was producing fentanyl, MDMA (ecstasy), and cannabis extracts. The location also contained a mobile fentanyl lab, and two boxed drug labs.
Given the structure and significant operational capacity of the clandestine drug lab, it was deemed a super lab; a term used to describe large-scale, sophisticated clandestine drug labs with the capability of producing sizable quantities of illicit drugs, that are also often tied to organized crime.