Canada Seizes 4,300 L of Fentanyl Precursors

In mid‑May, Canadian border officers seized 4,300 litres of precursor chemicals at the Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility in Delta after two marine containers from China bound for Calgary were flagged by CBSA intelligence. Officers found 60 clear jugs and 20 blue drums containing about 3,600 litres of 1,4‑butanediol, 500 litres of propionyl chloride and roughly 200 litres of GBL. The Canada Border Services Agency said the seizure was carried out with RCMP cooperation and demonstrates efforts to disrupt precursors that fuel the overdose crisis. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests or charges have been announced. Officials and experts linked the shipment to organized‑crime networks and pointed to China as a major source of precursor chemicals.