Counterfeit Xanax pills with fentanyl, other drugs circulating in Winnipeg, police warn

Counterfeitpills that instead contain potentially deadly syntheticdrugs are circulating in Winnipeg, police warned on Friday.

Members of the Winnipeg Police Service's guns and gangs unit recently received what police described as "reliable information" that a number of counterfeit alprazolampills (a drug sold under the brand name Xanax) were found to contain fentanylor other unknown synthetic drugs, a Friday news release said.

Police warnusers that these pills could lead to severe harm or even death.

Anyone with information about drug trafficking is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477 or submit an anonymous tip onlineatwinnipegcrimestoppers.org.

In the meantime, police advise drug users to never usealone and to carry naloxone if opioids could be present.

Anyone experiencing or witnessing a drug overdose should immediately contact 911, police say.

The federal Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act protects people from criminal charges if theyseek emergency help for an overdose.

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