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Kelowna Drug Section

Christmas package leads to drug charges in Kelowna

KELOWNA - A Christmas package destined for Kelowna was actually filled with drugs and two Kelowna residents are now facing multiple charges. Officers became aware of an overseas shipment destined for a Kelowna address on Dec. 11. Officers in the Kelowna RCMP Drug Section believed the shipment contained 100 litres of Gamma Butyrolactone, commonly known...

New illegal drug intercepted from China, bound for West Kelowna

KELOWNA – Three men face drug charges after local police intercepted almost 13 kilograms of a rare drug bound for West Kelowna from overseas. Members of the Kelowna Drug Section received information that a package was bound for the Okanagan from China. Lab analysis confirmed the substance as ethylone, street name of MDEA or “Eve,”...