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Suits: ‘The Vancouver Model’ and how West Coast fentanyl is coming from Canada

Jul 7, 2022, 6:38 AM | Updated: Oct 1, 2024, 6:15 am

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A homeless man, 24, holds a piece of aluminum foil he used to smoke fentanyl on March 13, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. (Getty Images)

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KTTH’s Bryan Suits explains the China to Vancouver to U.S. path of fentanyl and laundered cash for the return trip. And why the FBI and other law enforcement agencies around the world call it “The Vancouver Model.”

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Suits: ‘The Vancouver Model’ and how West Coast fentanyl is coming from Canada