One of the presses seized by police was capable of producing 120,000 counterfeit pills per day, according to Staff Sgt. Mark Hatchette speaks to reporters about arrests relating to a 'fentanyl production lab' that police raided in the northwest community of Evanston. Counterfeiting equipment seizedInside the Evanston home, police also found 1,145 more fentanyl pills, nearly $500,000 in counterfeit Canadian and U.S. currency, several firearms and equipment to produce counterfeit currency. That equipment included large-scale printers, uncut sheets of fake bills and enough reflective strips to produce roughly $4.5 million in counterfeit Canadian currency, police said. Reflective strips used to make counterfeit Canadian currency were found in the home that was searched.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2017 16:41 UTC