CALGARY — Another fentanyl arrest has two police forces and Alberta's health agency working together to raise awareness about the dangerous drug.
A Calgary man has been charged after a joint investigation by the Canadian Border Services Agency, the RCMP and Calgary police.
Authorities say a border officer at Vancouver's International Mail Centre intercepted a parcel from China last month marked as a muffler and addressed to someone in Calgary.
A lab test confirmed the 122 grams of white powder, worth an estimated $348,000 on the street in the package to be pure fentanyl.
Kasimir Tyabji, who is 27 and from Calgary, is charged with one count of importing a controlled substance and is next to appear in court on Monday.
Alberta Health Services launched a new awareness and education campaign last month about the deadly opioid.
Police warn fentanyl is an exceptionally dangerous substance. As little as two milligrams — the equivalent of two grains of salt — can kill someone.
