RCMP in British Columbia say they've disrupted major organized crime groups that are flooding the streets with toxic drugs in two separate investigations involving "transnational'' drug production and distribution operations.

Police in Surrey, B.C., announced the seizure of a "massive cache'' of precursor chemicals used to make the powerful opioid fentanyl and MDMA, also known as ecstasy.

Police say they executed several search warrants in late February across Metro Vancouver, leading to the arre…