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Two men found in distress after overdosing in a Yaletown highrise in February are now facing a lawsuit by the B.C. government over more than $250,000 in suspected drug proceeds found in their suite.

The B.C. director of civil forfeiture also wants cash in two corporate bank accounts handed to the government, as well as the Vancouver Island home of one of the men.

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At about 4:45 a.m. on Feb. 15, Vancouver police responded to a call of a male in distress in an eighth-floor unit of a building in the 700-block of Richards Street. Police Const. Justin Kurtz “found two male individuals who appeared to be severely intoxicated by drugs,” a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court on April 1 says.

“While waiting for additional police resources and paramedics to arrive, Const. Kurtz observed various items in the apartment that he believed to be related to the illegal drug trade. These included stacks of cash, an electric currency bill counter, plastic bags containing unknown white substances and drug paraphernalia.”