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Victoria police and the Canada Border Services Agency have seized $1.2 million worth of drugs, including enough fentanyl to cause 750,000 overdoses, the police department said on Thursday.

Acting police chief Del Manak said Victoria police were alerted by CBSA in mid-October, after border officers at Vancouver International Airport intercepted the package that was en route to an address in Victoria from China.

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The package contained 1.45 kg of fentanyl, which has an estimated value of $400,000.

The investigation led Victoria police to homes in Victoria and nearby Saanich. A raid of the Saanich home seized a large quantity of drugs being prepared for distribution.

That seizure included 6,052 individual doses of a heroin mixed with fentanyl. Also seized was 6.2 kg of cocaine in powder and crack form and 1.2 kg of methamphetamine.

Drug experts estimate the street level value of these drugs to be $850,000 according to Manak. More than $8,000 in cash was also seized.