A drug bust in BC has led to the seizure of dozens of different drugs, a large amount of cash, gold and silver bars and resulted in several arrests.

Vancouver Island-based teams of Federal Serious & Organized Crime Investigators executed a series of search warrants involving five vehicles and six homes in Vancouver and Victoria.

They seized a laundry list of drugs: 2.5 kilograms of Cocaine, along with approximately 26 kilograms of buff* such as Benzocaine and Procaine; 1.5 kilograms of MDMA/MDA (Ecstasy); 0.5 kilograms of Ketamine; 0.5 kilograms of Methamphetamine; 6770 doses of LSD; 5000 tablets of counterfeit Xanax (Etizolam); 60 litres of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB); 2 lbs of dried Cannabis / 534 Packages edible Cannabis products; 2.5 lbs Psilocybin; 115 bottles of Anabolic Steroids in 35 different chemical forms; And 0.5 kilograms assorted drugs such as Opium and Heroin cut with Fentanyl and other narcotics.

Officers also seized hundreds of packages of illicit Cannabis edibles including gummies, granola, chocolates, pills, Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) water enhancers, Transdermal THC patches, THC Hot Chocolate along with dried cannabis buds and concentrated cannabis extracts and vaping products.

In addition to the wide variety of illegal drugs, investigators also seized $367,346 cash, 15 ounces of gold estimated to be worth approximately $35,988 and 205 ounces of silver estimated to be worth approximately $5,977.

Six people were arrested but no charges have been laid yet and the investigation is ongoing.