Police seize 7 kg of processed fentanyl from rural property in northern Alberta [Video]

Police say a large drug bust at a rural property in northern Alberta this fall has disrupted what investigators believe was a “superlab” that had become “a significant source of fentanyl in Alberta and Western Canada” in recent years.

Officials with the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team held a news conference in Edmonton on Friday to talk about what happened when its personnel and members of the RCMP’s clandestine laboratory enforcement response team executed a search warrant at a property outside of Valleyview, Alta.

“This may be one of the most important investigations in the history of ALERT,” said Insp. Angela Kemp with ALERT Edmonton.

“I say that because we understand and know the consequences of fentanyl and how tragically it has harmed our communities and how we’ve all paid the price.”

To take down the alleged drug lab, ALERT said about 70 people were deployed to the site, including police officers and …