ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- As illegally made fentanyl continues to kill people across the county and right here at home, we're taking a closer look at what makes the drug so dangerous. Illegal fentanyl is often pressed into fake pills or cut into street drugs, such as methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine, often without the user knowing []
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - On Friday, the Riley County Police Department (RCPD) arrested a man after finding a substance suspected to be fentanyl in a backpack. At 2:50 a.m., RCPD attempted to perform a traffic stop for a tag violation. The driver of the suspect vehicle fled from police. Police called off the pursuit but monitored []
Police say they found a bag that Jonathan Paige, 34, tried to discard contained $30,000 worth of fentanyl.
Narcotics agents in Elyria, Ohio seized 46 grams of cocaine, 20 grams of fentanyl and a 9mm handgun.
Windsor police seized more than $250,000 in illegal drugs and arrested and charged a Windsor man with several counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking. Officers with the Windsor police drugs and guns enforcement unit and emergency services unit arrested the suspect around 1 p.m. on Wednesday on suspicion of drug trafficking. […]
ALPINE, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- A Denver, Colorado man was arrested Saturday in connection to the fentanyl related death of an Alpine resident. 53-year-old Douglas Christopher Steele has been charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (fentanyl) and Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. Steele made his first court appearance on Monday []
A Hopewell man who had previously been convicted for selling drugs twice before was sentenced in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia to five years and three months in prison for possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Tuesday May 7, marks Fentanyl Awareness Day. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fentanyl is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. To help spread awareness, "Prevention and Resiliency Services" put together a special event to raise awareness of the opioid. It []
(KMID/KPEJ)- If you are a parent who grew up in the 60s, 70s, 80s, or even 90s, chances are, there's a lot you don't know about illegal drug sales in the ever-changing world of social media. The Drug Enforcement Administration says that anyone with a smartphone and social media account is at risk of being []
Cocaine and drug paraphernalia were also seized.
Two people were arrested on multiple charges after a large amount of fentanyl was discovered in Catoosa County on Tuesday.
The case of a 41-year-old Kailua-Kona man accused of smuggling fentanyl into Hawaii from California has been moved to U.S. District Court in Honolulu.