Ex-Pizza Shop Owner Pleads Guilty in Selling of Fentanyl Out of Restaurant
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A man in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from the use of his pizza shop to sell fentanyl and other illegal substances, according to local reports.Safeer Nazir, former co-owner of Day and Night Pizza in Edmonton, was charged in 2021 after a months-long investigation by the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) led to law enforcement executing a search warrant of the 24-hour pizzeria, according to a report by the Edmonton Journal. Police said that Safeer Nazir,...

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