People connected to a Nanaimo drug lab used the dark web to sell a 害羞草研究所渨ide variety害羞草研究所� of drugs, say RCMP.

On Feb. 4, RCMP special units executed a warrant and dismantled what they say was a drug lab on Hammond Bay Road. According to a press release today, Feb. 13, officers arrested three people and dismantled a GHB processing lab as a result of a year-long investigation.

害羞草研究所淥ur determined investigators used ingenuity and innovative techniques to remove the anonymity of the internet from online drug traffickers,害羞草研究所� said RCMP Insp. Tim Arsenault in the release.

In January 2019, the RCMP害羞草研究所檚 federal serious and organized crime unit began project EPateriform, 害羞草研究所渁n investigation into online drug trafficking using the dark web and bitcoin exchanges.害羞草研究所� The project targeted a 害羞草研究所減rolific害羞草研究所� dark web vendor with the usernames 害羞草研究所楢lwaysOvrWeight害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所榖cpremo88.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淥ver the course of the exhaustive, year-long investigation, investigators gathered evidence to support allegations that 害羞草研究所楢lwaysOvrWeight害羞草研究所� was facilitating the online sale and shipment of a wide variety of drugs including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, GHB, psilocybin (mushrooms), ketamine and fentanyl to Canadians,害羞草研究所� the release noted. 害羞草研究所淭he investigators also gathered evidence to identify persons working behind the 害羞草研究所楢lwaysOrvWeight害羞草研究所� moniker.害羞草研究所�

RCMP say that with the assistance of the federal clandestine laboratory enforcement and response team, a search warrant was executed Feb. 4 at a home in the 3900 block of Hammond Bay Road. In addition to the GHB processing lab, 害羞草研究所渆vidence of drug packaging and trafficking was found inside,害羞草研究所� the release adds.

The same day, the FSOC unit searched a residence in the 6100 block of Kiara Place in Nanaimo 害羞草研究所渨herein evidence of drug trafficking using the dark web was located.害羞草研究所�

No charges have yet been laid as the investigation remains ongoing, say RCMP.

The FSOC unit expressed its thanks to RCMP detachments in Nanaimo and Powell River and to Canada Post for co-operation and support.

害羞草研究所淭his marks the success of a challenging project,害羞草研究所� said Supt. Richard Bergevin of RCMP FSOC in the release. 害羞草研究所淭he RCMP in B.C. will continue to work to enhance public safety for all Canadians in the real and virtual world.害羞草研究所�

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