Drug users warned after powerful drug carfentanil seized in Vancouver
Vancouver police are warning drug users to be cautious following the seizure of an opioid that is used to tranquilize elephants and believed to be 100 times more powerful than fentanyl.
Police said two samples of a drug seized in September have been confirmed by Health Canada to contain trace amounts of carfentanil.
The drug was believed to be heroin when it was confiscated from a man reported to be carrying a firearm in the city’s Downtown Eastside, police said.
“It’s the first time we’ve seen it in Vancouver in any of the seizures we’ve done,” Sgt. Brian Montague said Tuesday.