Police in hazmat suits remove fentanyl after unresponsive man found in home
HALIFAX — Police officers are donning hazmat suits as they respond to Halifax crime scenes where deadly opioids are suspected, in what’s described as an early sign of fentanyl’s spread into the city, Halifax’s deputy police chief said Monday.
Deputy Chief Bill Moore says forensic unit officers wore the impermeable Tyvek suits, respirators and double gloves on Sunday to examine drugs found in the home of a man who was rushed to hospital after losing consciousness.
Paramedics stabilized the 24-year-old man, who was found in the Dartmouth home at about 2 p.m. He was taken to hospital and his condition was believed to have improved.
“We’re looking to see if it’s illicit fentanyl or something that contained fentanyl,” said Moore in an interview.