Police respond to multi-person drug overdose in Surrey

Surrey RCMP is informing the public of a recent incident involving multiple overdoses at the same location where people were found overdosing on drugs. A woman was located deceased at a second location, also suspected of overdosing on drugs.

At approximately 2:08 a.m. on February 18, 2021, police attended a residence near 106 Avenue and 140 Street after receiving notification from the BC Ambulance Service of a drug overdose. Despite the life-saving efforts of paramedics, the 46-year-old woman died.

A very short time later, at 2:32 a.m., police were called to assist the BC Ambulance Service at a shelter in the City Centre area. Police attended and learned that two individuals overdosed after injecting the same unknown drug. Both were administered Narcan by the shelter staff, regained consciousness, and were transported to the hospital. No bystanders were willing to provide information on the source or type of drugs used.

Police are informing the public that there may be potentially lethal batches of drugs circulating in the community.