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Gatineau police have arrested a 26-year-old man after raids on four addresses yielded “significant amounts” of drugs — including methamphetamines, fentanyl and GHB, a substance better known as a “date rape” drug.

The raids at 27 Lambert St., 616 Ave. des Tilleuls, 153 Wellington St., and 765 Vernon St., all in Gatineau, came as part of the same investigation that police said led to the dismantling of a clandestine laboratory Jan. 5 at 781 St-René E. Blvd.

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Nicholas Donald Morin, 26, of Gatineau, is charged with drug trafficking and possession. He appeared in court Monday.

Police said drugs seized included 1,189 fentanyl tablets, 7,500 methamphetamine tablets, 913 grams of ecstasy (MDMA), 1.5 kilograms of cocaine and more than three litres of GHB.

They said they also found more than 14 kilograms of phenacetin, an analgesic often used to cut cocaine, and 3.5 litres of GBL, a controlled substance that can be used to produce GHB.

Also seized were drug presses, accounting lists, a mobile phone jammer, an undisclosed amount of cash and an Audi car.

In a release, police said the seizures offer further proof of the presence of dangerous synthetic drugs in the capital area. Fentanyl, for example, sold as a variety of oxycodone, is considered 50 to 100 times more toxic than morphine or heroin.

Sgt. Jean-Paul Le May, a police spokesman, said the types and amounts of drugs can vary from tablet to tablet.

“The consumer therefore has no idea what he eats or the actual dose that is absorbed,” he warned.