Fentanyl has found its way into a Nova Scotia correctional facility, the province's Justice Department says. The opioid, responsible for a growing number of overdoses in the province, was seized during a routine search Feb. 9 at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Burnside, a news release said Tuesday. It is the first confirmed case of fentanyl at a provincial jail, the department said. A package with unknown contents was found during the search and sent to Health Canada for testing. The results, which came on May 4, confirmed the drug is fentanyl.

Source: CBC News May 08, 2018 15:33 UTC