Laxshan Mylvaganam, 24, and a 17-year-old whose identity is protected have been charged with drug trafficking and possession for the purpose of trafficking
Montreal police have arrested two people on drug charges following an investigation into the death of a 15-year-old boy from a synthetic opioid overdose last December, a case that made headlines across Quebec .
Cmdr. Yannick Desmarais said the two accused were linked to an online store selling drugs, including pills, which used social media to attract clients. He said the drugs for sale included pills containing nitazene, a synthetic opioid stronger than fentanyl. In December 2023, Mathis Boivin, a 15-year-old from Montreal, consumed a pill containing nitazene that he had bought from the online store tied to the two accused. He died in his home while his parents thought he was sleeping.
At the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday, after Mylvaganam was arraigned, Boivin said he was pleased with the investigation. “I feel like there’s been some justice,” he said. “Sometimes we have the impression that the police aren’t working, but they’re working very hard.”Despite the investigation being linked to the case of Mathis Boivin, the two people arrested have not been charged in his death.
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