The owner of British Columbia says that he had no idea of ​​the “biggest drug in Canada” was on his property

The owner of the property where the largest superlab in Canada was discovered last year indicates that he was only the owner.

In a notice of civil complaint, Michael Driehuyzen said that he had bought the property in Falkland, British Columbia, with savings in his job, which is a legal legal work and savings.

Driehuyzen says that no part of the property represents the crime product and is not used for illegal activity.

The complaint stipulates that the RCMP violated the rights of Driehuyzen during the investigation and research and seizures on the property.

“The defendant, as owner, did not participate in any illegal activity on the property carried out by his tenant or his agents of his tenant,” said the complaint.

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The RCMP is dismantling the largest superlab drugs in Canadian history, operating in British Columbia

Last October, Federal RCMP investigators said They had dismantled the largest Superlab drug In Canadian history, which was located on this property.

Deputy Commissioner David Teboul, Federal Police Commander for the Pacific Region, said several months of investigation into a group of transnational organized crimes involved in the production and distribution of massive quantities of illicit drugs revealed the more sophisticated drug superlab in Canadian history in Canadian history.

Police have seized illegal firearms, synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals, he said.

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The previous weekend, Teboul said that many law enforcement actions and search mandates had been executed with Superlab drugs in Falkland, British Columbia, and other places in Surrey.

“Consequently, the investigators seized about half a-tonne of hard medications, including … 55 kg of fentanyl, 390 kg of methamphetamine, 35 kg of cocaine, 15 kg of MDM and six kg of cannabis,” said Teboul.

He added that the investigators seized 89 firearms, including handguns, AR-15 assault rifles and submarine pistols, many of whom were loaded and ready to use.

Explosive devices, ammunition, firefighters, large capacity magazines, bulletproof vests and $ 500,000 in cash were also seized.

Driehuyzen is now fighting the provincial government attempt to seize the property, which has an evaluated value of $ 938,000.

When he was reached Thursday at his abbotsford home, Driehuyzen refused to comment and told Global News to contact his lawyer. His lawyer was not available to comment.

British Columbia Civil Confiscation Director made a complaint against property on January 31.

Lawyer Ravi Hira KC, who is not involved in the case, said that the legislation on civil confiscation had entered into force due to the difficulties that the police had obtained convictions, in particular, on the operations of culture of marijuana in the country.

“What civil confiscation provides is to seize assets of illegal activity,” he said. “Essentially, civil confiscation is civil law with a criminal touch.”

Hira said that if someone had used something for criminal activities, he can be seized even if the person had not been convicted of a criminal activity.

“If you have a property that you have rented to a third party and the third party has a fentanyl laboratory on your property and you are not aware of it, and that you simply did not know that it was going to be used To this end, in other words, you are innocent of any accomplice activity on this property, you can keep your property, “he added.

“However, if you know that it is used for criminal activity, your property is subject to crises.”

The request for confiscation also appoints Gaganpreet Singh Randhawa as a defendant. He is the only person faced with criminal charges in the case.

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