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Powder seized from Borden Drive home was fentanyl: Yellowknife RCMP

An unknown powder seized from a Yellowknife home over the weekend has been identified as furanyl fentanyl, an opioid drug similar to fentanyl, according to RCMP.

Related to 'suspected drug related event at the residence,' say police

RCMP in protective suits outside a Borden Drive home in Yellowknife on Saturday. Specialists from the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response (CLEAR) teams in British Columbia and Alberta were flown in to help with the search. (RCMP)

An unknown powderseized from a Yellowknife home over the weekend has been identified as furanyl fentanyl, an opioid drug similar to fentanyl, according to RCMP.

As part of an investigation into suspected opioid drug overdoses in the city last week, police blocked off the Borden Drive home on Saturday. Specialists from the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response (CLEAR) teams from British Columbia and Alberta were flown in to help with the search.

Police say an unknown powder seized from a Borden Drive home on Saturday has been identified as furanyl fentanyl, an opioid analgesic that is an analog of fentanyl. (RCMP)

An unknown substance was seized and sent for processing at a Health Canada laboratory in British Columbia.

Police say the substance has been identified as furanylfentanyl, an opioid analgesic that is an analog of fentanyl.

In a news release, RCMP Sgt. Dean Riou of N.W.T.'s Federal Investigations Unitsays this is the first time this form of fentanyl has been found in the territory.

Members of the RCMP's Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response (CLEAR) team at the Borden Drive home on Saturday. (Rachel Zelniker/CBC)

"While we cannot link this seizure directly to the illicit opioid overdoses that were seen last week, we can confirm that it was involved in a suspected drug related event at the residence," he said in the release.

The residence was released from police custody Saturday evening. Police say there was no identifiable danger to the public from the residence once the CLEAR teams were able to process the scene.

Police blocked off a Borden Drive home on Saturday after the unknown substance was found during the execution of a search warrant. (RCMP)