The Saskatchewan RCMP’s Saskatchewan Trafficking Response team in Swift Current, as well as the Swift Current RCMP general investigation section embarked a three month investigation into a Hodgeville man, and arrested him last Thursday.

Keenan Leith Ireland, 41, was arrested at a residence in Hodgeville without incident.  A search of the property resulted in police locating an undisclosed amount of cash, 2.5 kg of methamphetamine, 1 kg of fentanyl, 0.5 kg of cocaine and 40-50 vials of cannabis resin.

A second residence in Swift Current was searched that same day, resulting in the seizure of 9 ounces of methamphetamine and 0.5 ounces of cocaine.

“Fentanyl is a very potent opioid pain reliever and is sometimes mixed with other street drugs. It can take many forms: a colourful powder, chunks, pills or patches. The fentanyl seized as part of this investigation was multi-coloured,” says Superintendent Glenn Church, Officer in Charge of the Saskatchewan RCMP Saskatchewan Enforcement Response Team (SERT), in a media release.

Church said a few grains of fentanyl can be enough to kill you. Ireland made his first appearance in Swift Current provincial court Friday and will appear again Wednesday, via closed circuit television.