U.S. Seizes Fentanyl Shipment From Canada In Seattle, As Washington Pressures Ottawa on Crime Networks

Seattle, Washington—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have intercepted a shipment containing more than one pound of fentanyl from Canada, marking the latest sign of an accelerating crisis along the BC-Washington border. The fentanyl, concealed within a package believed to have originated in British Columbia, was discovered during a targeted enforcement operation at a Seattle shipping facility on February 6.

The package contained a brown, rock-like substance wrapped in plastic bags. Subsequent testing confirmed it was fentanyl, the synthetic opioid driving tens of thousands of overdose deaths in North America each year. -- 

Shocking, insulting and dangerously ignorant:

Mark Carney says Canada does not have a fentanyl crisis.

Tell that to the families of the 50,000 people we have lost: https://t.co/u9eFS3jW7R pic.twitter.com/jT8mEHkyDY

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) February 14, 2025

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