Chemicals used to make date rape drug seized

By News Staff

Posted February 13, 2012 6:55 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Nearly $120 million worth of hashish and a chemical used to make the so-called date rape drug were seized at Pearson International Airport in two separate busts, the RCMP says.

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