Fake pills containing fentanyl seized as 12 arrested in Ottawa drug bust
OTTAWA — Police say a dozen people have been arrested in Ottawa in a drug investigation related to the trafficking of counterfeit pills containing the deadly opioid fentanyl.
Ottawa police say the investigation began last September and involved Ontario Provincial Police as the pills were also being dispersed to rural areas of eastern Ontario.
They say six men and four women were arrested Thursday morning when officers executed search warrants at a single family residence, two townhomes, two apartments and a storage locker in Ottawa.
Investigators say another man and a woman were arrested Thursday afternoon in Ottawa, and all 12 suspects are expected to appear in court on Friday facing drug and weapons charges.