2 charged with trafficking meth, fentanyl blotters

Two people were arrested late last week for allegedlytrafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl, police said Monday.

A woman and a man, both in their 40s, were arrested onThursday while leaving an apartment building on Furby Street, between Ellice and Portage avenues.

Officers seized 1.33 kilograms of meth and 20 blotters believed to contain fentanyl, police said in a mediaconference on Monday.

Police also confiscated $5,700 and a moneycounter.

Blotters rarely recovered

Winnipeg officers have not found any blotterssince another drugbust over 18 months ago, Const. Rob Carver told reporters. Blotters pose a risk to the public and people who use drugs, hesaid.

"Fentanyl blotters are absolutely, incredibly dangerous," he said.

Blotters are easy to take, can be ingested in a number of ways and maycontain substances other than fentanyl.

"We know that occasionally it's not fentanyl, and it'scarfentanil, which is going to kill you," Carver said about the deadly substance.

If dropped or lost, blotters can be deceiving and look appealing to young children,he added. Fentanyl can end up in a person's system if licked or seep through a cut, and could seriously injure or kill a child or a person with a small body.

Local dealers sell meth obtained from south

Carver estimated the value of the meth at between$20,000 in its current form to nearly$130,000 when separated for street sale.

He saidbusts at this scale happen every couple of months but are not big enough to stop people from finding meth.

Meth is made inlabs elsewhere before the highly addictive substancemakes its way to the city, he said. Often, it's coming up the West Coastor through the U.S. from Mexico.

"Nobody is dealing meth in this city that isn't part of or approvedby an organized crime group," Carver said.

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