People connected to a Nanaimo drug lab used the dark web to sell a 91裸聊视频渨ide variety91裸聊视频� of drugs, say RCMP.

On Feb. 4, RCMP special units executed a warrant and dismantled what they say was a drug lab on Hammond Bay Road. According to a press release today, Feb. 13, officers arrested three people and dismantled a GHB processing lab as a result of a year-long investigation.

91裸聊视频淥ur determined investigators used ingenuity and innovative techniques to remove the anonymity of the internet from online drug traffickers,91裸聊视频� said RCMP Insp. Tim Arsenault in the release.

In January 2019, the RCMP91裸聊视频檚 federal serious and organized crime unit began project EPateriform, 91裸聊视频渁n investigation into online drug trafficking using the dark web and bitcoin exchanges.91裸聊视频� The project targeted a 91裸聊视频減rolific91裸聊视频� dark web vendor with the usernames 91裸聊视频楢lwaysOvrWeight91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频榖cpremo88.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淥ver the course of the exhaustive, year-long investigation, investigators gathered evidence to support allegations that 91裸聊视频楢lwaysOvrWeight91裸聊视频� was facilitating the online sale and shipment of a wide variety of drugs including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, GHB, psilocybin (mushrooms), ketamine and fentanyl to Canadians,91裸聊视频� the release noted. 91裸聊视频淭he investigators also gathered evidence to identify persons working behind the 91裸聊视频楢lwaysOrvWeight91裸聊视频� moniker.91裸聊视频�

RCMP say that with the assistance of the federal clandestine laboratory enforcement and response team, a search warrant was executed Feb. 4 at a home in the 3900 block of Hammond Bay Road. In addition to the GHB processing lab, 91裸聊视频渆vidence of drug packaging and trafficking was found inside,91裸聊视频� the release adds.

The same day, the FSOC unit searched a residence in the 6100 block of Kiara Place in Nanaimo 91裸聊视频渨herein evidence of drug trafficking using the dark web was located.91裸聊视频�

No charges have yet been laid as the investigation remains ongoing, say RCMP.

The FSOC unit expressed its thanks to RCMP detachments in Nanaimo and Powell River and to Canada Post for co-operation and support.

91裸聊视频淭his marks the success of a challenging project,91裸聊视频� said Supt. Richard Bergevin of RCMP FSOC in the release. 91裸聊视频淭he RCMP in B.C. will continue to work to enhance public safety for all Canadians in the real and virtual world.91裸聊视频�

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