Windsor, Ont., man and woman charged with trying to import fentanyl from China
Mar 2, 2017 | 10:45 AM
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WINDSOR, Ont. — A man and a woman from Windsor, Ont., are facing charges after allegedly trying to import the deadly opioid fentanyl from China.
The RCMP says the Canada Border Services Agency intercepted a package destined for a Windsor address in Vancouver on Feb. 22 and analysis found it contained 14 grams of fentanyl.
Police say that’s enough for 140,000 medical doses of fentanyl, a prescription painkiller that is up to 100 times more potent than morphine and 20 times more toxic than heroin.
RCMP officers searched a Windsor home on Monday and arrested a 25-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman.
