10 Albertans facing 139 charges in fentanyl superlab bust near Calgary, says ALERT

Ten people mostly from Edmonton and Okotoks, Alta., are facing 139 charges after a fentanyl superlab was shut down south of Calgary last July, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) said in a release on Wednesday. Police said they found 31 kilograms of fentanyl and 7,600 kilograms of the chemicals used to make a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine. The total street value of the operation, titled Project Essence, was pegged at about $300 million. Paperwork,

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