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Another Bust
Six G.T.A. residents have been charged after a huge bust by the R.C.M.P. on Thursday.
The Mounties’ Drug Squad accuses four Richmond Hill residents, a Markham suspect and a man who lives in Scarborough of importing 4,500 kilograms of something called MDP2P.
The full name of the substance is mouthful - methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone – but what it’s used for is something you’ve definitely heard of.
MDP2P is the main ingredient in Ecstasy.
Cops claim the amount they found is enough to produce an astounding 30 million pills worth of the illegal party drug. The bust was the result of a five-month investigation that stretched from B.C. to the G.T.A., and beyond.
Investigators claim the powder originated in China.
"Ecstasy production in the G.T.A. has been on the rise and recent investigations have shown that this increase is tied to both domestic and international markets," Supt. Ron Allen relates in a statement.
He notes there’s no way for users to know exactly what’s in the substance they’re taking and the results can often be deadly.
Much of the profits from the illegal trade heads straight to organized crime.
And there could be more people hauled into this drug dragnet – the R.C.M.P. investigation is still underway and there are arrest warrants out for at least three more people.
January 12, 2006
http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Sto...12-011/page.asp
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