The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it seized 4,300 litres of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl and other illicit drugs in shipping containers coming from China , which were bound for Calgary.

The seizure occurred in May at the Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility in Delta, B.C., but was publicly announced by CBSA on Thursday — one day before Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.

The border agency said officers inspected two marine containers on May 13 and 15 and found 3,600 litres of 1,4-Butanediol, which Canada classifies as a precursor for manufacturing GHB, also known as the “date-rape drug.”

Officers also found 500 litres of the fentanyl precursor propionyl chloride and 200 litres of gamma butyrolact

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