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OPP photo of purple heroin seizure. (Supplied by OPP Twitter) A deadly mixture of heroin and fentanyl may be responsible for recent deaths in Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes. The Huntsville detachment of the OPP has been working with Office of the Chief Coroner investigating the deaths. The...
Border Patrol agents rushing to a remote dirt road south of Tuscon, Arizona arrived too late to apprehend the pilot of an ultralight aircraft tracked flying low over the U.S.-Mexico border late Thursday. Contraband @CBPArizona / Twitter But strapped to the modified ultralight they discovered two large plastic...
HAVERHILL — A Laconia man is among those indicted on drug-related charges by...
Border Patrol agents in Tucson, Arizona seized a modified ultralight aircraft and its illicit cargo of nearly $500,000 in methamphetamine and fentanyl on May 23. Air and Marine Operations agents monitoring surveillance equipment detected an unknown aircraft entering the United States at approximately 11:00 p.m. The...
Posted May 24, 2019, 3:30 pm Paul Ingram TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents tracked a modified ultralight airplane to an improvised runway southeast of Tucson, and seized nearly $500,000 in methamphetamine and fentanyl Thursday night, authorities said. Agents with Air and Marine Operations, a part of U.S. Customs and...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis police are sounding the alarm after a startling spike in opioid overdoses. As of Friday afternoon, they said 12 people had overdosed and two had died in the...
Iliana Haddock is the first Palm Beach County resident to sue Insys Therapeutics, which saw its executives convicted of racketeering conspiracy for bribing doctors to prescribe Subsys,its fentanyl spray. Iliana Haddock, suffering from failed lower back surgery and an array of other serious conditions, simply wanted...
In this file photo from 2016, a heroin user illustrates how to draw heroin or fentanyl into a clean syringe at the office of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. (Deborah Jones/AFP/Getty Images) The California Assembly has passed a...
An ultralight aircraft carrying half a million dollars worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl across the southern border was nabbed by Border Patrol agents late Thursday, according to the agency, but the pilot managed to make an escape. The single-person aircraft was tracked flying across the U.S.-Mexico...
TAUNTON — A Taunton woman was busted for drug trafficking last Friday, after police say they confiscated nearly 85 grams of suspected heroin or fentanyl she was carrying in her bra.Justine Ladetto, 32, 52 Plain St., was charged with single counts of trafficking heroin/fentanyl; conspiracy to...
ELKTON — A drug bust executed by the Elkton Police Department on Wednesday...
Maryland 4-Year-Old Child Dies After Being In South Carolina Hot Car, Coroner's Office SaysRichland County Coroner Gary Watts said at a news conference Friday that Zion Akinrefon, of Maryland, was pronounced dead Wednesday at a Midlands hospital from complications of probable hyperthermia.2 hours agoBob Turk...
Ohio law enforcement and health officials are warning residents to be extra cautious around illicit drugs, following a spike in overdoses this week that officials believe was caused by fentanyl found in cocaine and methamphetamine. On Sunday (May 19), officials in Hamilton County, which includes the...
Posted by: R. Mitchell in Customs, Border and Immigration News, In The News, Syndicated Posts May 24, 2019 TUCSON, Ariz. – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to...
A father who facilitated the sale of 5,000 fentanyl pills in taxicabs has been sentenced to seven years in jail.According to a recent Provincial Court decision, Raymon Singh Ranu came under police surveillance in late 2014 at a home on East 27th Avenue in Vancouver.His grey Range Rover showed up...
Officials in the Ohio Valley say recent increases in overdose deaths are largely due to fentanyl, and experts believe most of the powerful synthetic opioid comes from Chinese manufacturers. The Chinese government announced last month it would classify all chemical variations of...
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SOUTHINGTON, CT — A plea has been entered in a fatal Southington drug overdose case. John H. Durham, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, said Thursday that Edgardo Rivera, 27, of Hartford, who goes by the street name of "Eggy," waived his...
COLUMBUS (WBNS) – In recent months, Mount Carmel has paid out more than $2 million to the families of patients who died in the overdose scandal at its hospitals.Half of that $2 million figure – about $1.1 million - came from two recent settlements that...
Syringes with Naloxone are prepared before a safe injection site in Moss Park in downtown Toronto. Fred Lum/The Canadian Press.Fentanyl has become shorthand in North American public discourse to indicate a dangerous, unwanted, and lethal substance. This is due to the opioid’s link to overdose...
A Yukon territorial court judge has dismissed drug-related charges against a Toronto man arrested following a 2017 Whitehorse fentanyl bust after the Crown failed to authenticate a piece of evidence that was crucial to its case. Jibril Hosh...
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Seventeen people were arrested and charged in connection with a drug trafficking ring in Allegany County and surrounding areas. The ring allegedly distributed fentanyl, heroin and cocaine. The organization was busted by Maryland State Police’s Heroin Investigative Unit and Allegany County Narcotics Task...
An example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly, at a June 2017 news conference in Arlington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) Robert Gebelhoff Opinions contributor focusing...
Construction taking place on a border barrier in Otay Mesa, Calif., on April 3, 2019. (Getty Images/Mario Tama) (CNSNews.com) - A federal grand jury in Sacramento, Calif., has indicted two Mexican nationals who were pulled over in a traffic stop and then were discovered to be...
CONCORD — A Belmont man was sentenced to more than 13 years in...
A convicted drug offender formerly of Littleton and a Littleton woman have been...
WILMINGTON — Wilmington resident and validated gang member Detrick Daye, 23, was sentenced to more than 13 years imprisonment for the distribution of heroin and fentanyl. U.S. District Judge James Dever III sentenced Daye to 162 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release....
The father of a 1-year-old who died in Colerain Township after swallowing drugs found in her home had an emotional appearance in court Friday.In January, chaos broke out in the Colerain Township home.The family of 1-year-old Reagan Worthington called police in a panic when they...
Friday, May 24, 2019 GoLocalProv News Team View Larger + A Connecticut man was arrested by the Rhode Island State Police on weapons and narcotics charges at Twin River Hotel in Lincoln while responding to a reported drug overdose on Thursday. Joseph Fortes, 35, was arrested and charged with...
The Maryland Department of Health has distributed more than 57,000 kits throughout the state to test drugs for fentanyl...
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By Herald News Staff Friday May 24, 2019 at 12:35 AM Every day, The Herald News will be bringing you the top news you need to start your day. Here are our top five stories for Friday, May 24, 2019: FENTANYL BUSTActing on a tip from a confidential informant, police arrested two Fall River...
PHOENIX — Officers call it the deadliest drug on the streets. Now they are finding fentanyl in the Valley, more than ever before.This week, more pills appearing to be oxycodone tested positive for fentanyl.The Phoenix Crime Lab tells ABC15 that was once extremely uncommon but...
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The case against the first man charged with trafficking fentanyl in Yukon has been dismissed, at the request of the Crown prosecution.28-year-old Jibril Hosh Jibril was facing two charges of trafficking and possession, after allegedly attempting to ship 535 fentanyl pills via Greyhound bus from Whitehorse...
CLOSE Here's the latest for Thursday May 23rd: Violent tornado hits Jefferson City, Missouri; Evacuations in Oklahoma due to floods; Pentagon has plans for more troops in Mideast; Man rescued from ledge of burning building. AP, APFLEMINGTON – A...
By Journal Staff Two Northshire residents were arrested Sunday after police reported finding heroin and fentanyl in the car during a traffic stop in Bennington. Derek Bushee, of Arlington, and Joshua Bushee, of Sunderland, both 37 years old, are facing state charges of trafficking fentanyl and...
Eight people — including two teens — are facing dozens of charges following a lengthy investigation linked to the Lower Mainland drug conflict. In a release, Surrey RCMP said that on May 8, 2019, a total of 51 charges were laid against the following individuals for Trafficking...
A Chinese national who has held high-level executive positions in Chinese chemical and pharmaceutical companies was arrested and charged with importing more than 1,000 pounds of drugs, including fentanyl analogues, to the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said on May 22. Hao Qin, also known as...
NEW BEDFORD — Two city residents are being held without bail after their arrest Wednesday night on fentanyl trafficking charges, court records say.Nicholas A. Silva, 32, and Jillian E. Temple, 33, both of 33 Sherman St., Apartment 1, were ordered held without bail at the...
In some places in the United States, heroin is becoming scarce or has even disappeared entirely.Throughout the East Coast and in parts of the Midwest—where heroin fueled addiction, overdose, medical injury and death—availability of the drug is receding. Instead, the New York Times reports, it...
In its most common form, fentanyl is a powdery substance (KOIN) Copyright 2019 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. In its most common form, fentanyl is a powdery substance (KOIN) ...
GLENOLDEN, Pa. (WPVI) -- Authorities announced the arrest of a Glenolden man linked to a deadly overdose Thursday in Delaware County.Ricky Latimer faces charges for allegedly dealing fentanyl-laced cocaine.D.A. Kat Copeland said Latimer's arrest comes at the conclusion of a three-month investigation conducted with her...
FALL RIVER — Acting on a tip from a confidential informant, police arrested two city men Wednesday on fentanyl trafficking charges after officers allegedly found 14 grams of the highly potent opioid in the trunk of their car, according to police.Seth Souza, 35, of 37 Saint...
A Richmond man has been sentenced to seven years in jail for drug trafficking – including large amounts of fentanyl – after an investigation which began in 2014. According to court documents, the case began in October 2014, when the VPD began investigating the drug trafficking...
NORRISTOWN — A Phoenixville woman’s cooperation with authorities was acknowledged, but a judge...