30,000 kg of chemicals used to make meth seized in North Okanagan
RCMP officers raided a rural property in the North Okanagan almost a month ago seizing more than 30,000 kilograms of chemicals used in the production of illicit synthetic drugs.Officers with the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response team, or CLEAR, executed a search warrant at a property in Enderby on Sept. 11, according to an RCMP media release issued, Oct. 3.Along with the chemicals, officers recovered a Bobcat skid steer that has been stolen in Kelowna in 2021 and a vehicle registered to gangster Donald (Donnie) Bryce Lyons, a longtime member of the Independent Soldiers gang.Lyons, 51, was shot and killed and he was found unresponsive in the driveway of a home on Princeton Summerland Road in Princeton in June.Investigators figure the chemicals were being warehoused in Enderby and the organized criminals planned to ship them to “super labs” where they would be used to make hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine.“This seizure represents the removal of millions of dollars of profit from the hands…
3 Oct 21:14 · iNFOnews.ca