Illicit fentanyl being trafficked in Halifax: ‘You are playing Russian roulette’
HALIFAX — Police in Atlantic Canada’s largest city are warning drug users their lives are at risk because of the emerging presence of illicit fentanyl on the streets.
Halifax police say while the city isn’t in the grip of the deadly opioid crisis faced by other parts of Canada, officers have found illicit fentanyl six times during drug raids since Jan. 1.
“We want to get the word out to recreational users buying pills on the street,” Staff-Sgt. Darryl Gaudet said in an interview Wednesday.
“You are playing Russian roulette in relation to buying pills from a drug dealer.”