Drug Alerts

March 2026

• Halifax County - Ethylbromazolam - March 16, 2026 - This report was received from Health Canada’s Drug Analysis Service Laboratory regarding a recent sample that was seized by law enforcement.

February 2026

• Halifax County - Crack Cocaine - January 31/February 1
• Hants County - Methylfentanyl detected - February 6, 2026 -NEW-This report was received from Health Canada’s Drug Analysis Service Laboratory regarding a recent sample that was seized by law enforcement.
• Hants County - Crack Cocaine + Benzodiazepine - February 20, 2026
• Hants County - Meth + Fentanyl & Xylazine - February 21, 2026
• Hants County - Methampetamine + Fentanyl, Xylazine, and Benzodiazepines - February 25, 2026
• Halifax - Fentanyl - February 26, 2026

January 2026

• Hants County - Crack Cocaine - January 21
• Lunenburg County - Crack Cocaine - December 2025/January 2026

December 2025

• Hants County - Crack Cocaine - December 5
• Pictou County - Suspected Meth - December 5
• Cape Breton - Percocet - December 14

November 2025

• Enfield/Shubenacadie - Dilaudid - November 11
• Lunenburg - Suspected Crack - November 27 & 28 *multiple drug poisonings

October 2025

• Sydney - Dilaudid - October 7

September 2025

• Windsor - Percocet - September 2
• Dartmouth - Dilaudid - September 24

August 2025

• Sydney - Dilaudid - August 22
• Eskasoni - Dilaudid with Fentanyl - August 1

June 2025

• Sydney - Cocaine with Fentanyl - June 22
• Halifax - Crack Contaminated with Fentanyl - June 2

May 2025

• Halifax - Xylazine - May 8 *Sample was collected in April 1, 2025*

April 2025

• West Hants - Crystal Meth - April 30
• West Hants/Sackville - Suspected Fentanyl - April 18
• West Hants - white powder assumed to be cocaine - April 10
• Windsor (West Hants) - Suspected pink Fentanyl - April 7-8

March 2025

• West Hants - crack suspected to contain benzos and/or opioids - March 7
• Sydney - Cocaine - March 6
• Amherst - N-Pyrrolidino Metonitazene - a benzimidazole  *confirmed in March, reported in January*

February 2025

• Halifax - assumed to be Crack - February 2025
• Amherst - benzodiazepine - Desalkylgidazepam - February 2025

January 2025

• Bridgetown - butonitazene - January 2025 

July 2024

• West-Hants -Xylazine - July 24th, 2024
• West Hants - Dilaudid - Week of July 22nd, 2024

June 2024

• Sydney- Fake Percocet Pills that tested positive for Fentanyl (Date unknown)

May 2024

• Tatamagouche- Methamphetamine suspected to contain opioids (May 13th) 

February 2024 

• Sydney - Cocaine (February 1 & 2)

January 2024 

• Bridgewater - Fentanyl (January 23)