London Police headquarters (File photo) London police have charged a pair of twin brothers with drug possession, including oft-deadly fentanyl – a drug officials have said could be at the root of a recent raft of overdoses across Southwestern Ontario.Police say the men, aged 33, were...
NEWS RELEASE NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE ************************* Since the summer of 2018, members of the 1 District (St. Catharines) Street Crime Unit have been investigating two males allegedly trafficking fentanyl in the Niagara region. Following an investigation, with the assistance of...
NORWICH - A Norwich man and woman are facing narcotics-related charges following a drug raid Thursday afternoon, according to police.Police said they applied for and were granted a search warrant which they served 4:30 p.m. Thursday at 13 Carlson Street.The search came as the result...
AMARILLO – Over two pounds of fentanyl, eight pounds of marijuana, and approximately 20 pounds of THC products were discovered and seized after a traffic stop by a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper is Carson County on Monday. The traffic stop took place at around 5:29 p.m....
Norwich — City police say two people have been arrested and several drugs seized in connection with a recent overdose investigation.An overdose prompted Officer Nathan O'Keefe and the department's Narcotics Division to obtain a search warrant for 13 Carlson St. on Thursday evening, according to a news...
Last May, staff from New York City’s Department of Health and Hygiene toured bars and nightclubs to spread the word that the city’s cocaine was being laced with the lethal synthetic opioid fentanyl. “We want [people] to know that fentanyl is in our cocaine supply,...
Chemists and engineers are turning their attention to trying to alleviate some of the suffering caused by the opioid epidemic ravaging the US, driven by an unprecedented surge in deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opiates. Overall, opioid-related deaths in the US spiked from approximately 18,500...
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Sam McNeil / AP Liu Yuejin, vice commissioner of the National Narcotics Control Commission, speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Monday, April 1, 2019. China announced Monday that all fentanyl-related drugs, as a group, would become controlled substances, effective May 1,...