DURHAM-Just the word Carfentanyl strikes fear into the hearts of police and first responders everywhere.
Carfentanyl or Carfentanil is an extremely deadly drug used to tranquilize large animals such as elephants and horses. An amount the size of a grain of salt can be deadly to humans.
Laboratory results from Health Canada confirmed a substance taken out of a Pickering residence by police  last month was carfentanil.
On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 police seized 53 kgs of unknown substances from a Pickering residence and 42 kgs of this has been positively identified as carfentanil a deadly street drug.
The total seizure equals 420,000 doses of carfentanil with a street value estimated at $13 million dollars.
33 year old Maisum Ansari of New Providence Street in Oshawa, has been arrested and charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking of a Schedule I Substance (carfentanil).
He was held for a bail hearing.
