Man in West Vancouver, charged in US of smuggling fentanyl on hidden web

Thomas Michael Federuik is the subject of an extradition request by the U.S. Department of Justice, as he is the subject of cases in the state of Georgia and must appear in court there, according to a release by RCMP of British Columbia.

The 59-year-old is also charged with money laundering.

According to a statement from the Georgia Southern District Attorney, the investigation began in October 2017, when two U.S. Navy personnel died from an opioid overdose in the small town of Kingsland.

The source of the drugs they use has reportedly been traced to a Canadian seller, named Canada1, who operates on the hidden web and delivers in packages labeled “East Van Eco Tours”.

According to a statement by the American prosecutor, Thomas Michael Frederuik and a man of British nationality, Paul Anthony Nicholls, allegedly conspired to illegally import drugs from China and Hungary for distribution in Georgia and elsewhere in the United States, including Kingsland, where two U.S. Marines died.

Large quantity fentanyl

The RCMPwho participated in the investigation in 2017, indicates that he first arrested the two defendants at a residence in West Vancouver in March 2018 and then took a large quantity of fentanyl.

Since the most serious offenses occurred in the United States, it was decided that the U.S. Attorney’s Office would oversee the prosecution in this case.said the police department.

None of these allegations have been substantiated in court.

This case highlights the dangers of the online narcotics marketsaid Thursday at a press briefing, Corporal Arash Seyed of the Serious Crimes and Organized Crime Service of RCMP in British Columbia. It should also serve as a serious warning and message to traffickers of these toxic products online. [la GRC] arrest them and take them to court.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate up to 40 times more potent than heroin. It is responsible for the majority of overdose deaths in British Columbia.