Fake pills containing fentanyl seized as 12 charged in Ottawa drug bust
OTTAWA — A dozen Ottawa residents are facing a total of more than 130 charges after a drug investigation related to the trafficking of counterfeit pills containing the deadly opioid fentanyl.
Ottawa police say the seven men and five women — who range in age from 27 to 63 — were arrested Thursday in an investigation that began last September and involved Ontario Provincial Police as the pills were also being dispersed to rural areas of eastern Ontario.
Ten of the accused were arrested when officers executed search warrants Thursday morning at a single family residence, two townhomes, two apartments and a storage locker in Ottawa and the other two were arrested later in the day.
Police say officers seized counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, fentanyl powder, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Police also seized assault rifles, handguns, stun guns, a shotgun, ammunition, more than $130,000 in cash.