Montreal police say they have seized 6.5 million amphetamine pills during a drug bust Wednesday morning.
“The police operation resulted in a record seizure of amphetamines estimated at more than $32.5 million,” the SPVM said in a press release on May 26.
In total, 28 searches were conducted in the Greater Montreal area and several regions, including Montreal, Laval, the Laurentians, Montérégie, Centre-du-Québec, and Mauricie.
In a press release on May 25, police said 280 officers from local and provincial forces were deployed in what they described as a dismantling operation. Several warehouses were searched.
“The targeted facilities served either as an amphetamine production facility, as a storage facility, or both,” said the police. “The searches have so far resulted in the arrest of eight suspects.”…