A Dartmouth, N.S., man has been charged with drug trafficking after RCMP in Halifax seized 40 kg of cocaine and about 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills.

Police estimate the street value of the cocaine and pills is around $4 million.

In a news conference Tuesday, police displayed the seized drugs and said they were first alerted about the transportation of cocaine into Halifax back in September.

“The pills that you see here are marked to appear as prescription oxycodone pills. And we believe, however, that those pills were manufactured for the illicit market,” said Supt. Don Moser, senior operations officer with Halifax RCMP.

“We believe they may contain fentanyl and we’re working to confirm that.”

RCMP said after they identified the suspected drug transporter, they began monitoring h

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