It would take only 118 pounds of fentanyl to kill 25 million people. That’s how much of the powerful opioid painkiller Nebraska State Trooper Sam Mortensen found in April when he stopped a truck marked “U.S. Mail” swerving onto the shoulder along Interstate 80. Mortensen found 42...
Two men are facing a minimum of 10 years in prison and up to a $10 million fine after they were caught with more than 80 pounds of drugs on Tuesday, according to a criminal complaint.Michael Nailen, 53, and Marco Gonzalez, 47, are accused of...
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested two Massachusetts people for Aggravated Trafficking in Heroin/Fentanyl on Thursday.MDEA Commander Scott J. Pelletier said...
On Friday, the Bracebridge OPP Street Crime conducted a traffic stop where a male was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. As a result, a search warrant was executed on his hotel room and a large quantity of cocaine...
(Picture: iStockphoto)We hope you know this already, but drugs can be dangerous – some more than others. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has looked at the drug-related deaths that happened between 2011 and 2016, the most recent year data is available, to rank...
NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE ************************** BRACEBRIDGE - On Dec. 14, 2018, the Bracebridge Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted an investigation which led to a traffic stop. During this traffic stop a male was...
By The Canadian PressFri., Dec. 14, 2018DELTA, B.C.—Parents in Delta, B.C., have received an urgent notice after a student’s drugs tested positive for fentanyl.The joint message from the Delta School District and police department says the pills were bought illicitly and labelled as Xanax, although...
The Delta School District has sent an urgent message to parents after drugs brought to school by a student tested positive for fentanyl.The letter sent alongside the Delta Police Department on Thursday says the pills were bought illicitly and labelled as...
Cops seize guns, fentanyl Photo: Contributed Vernon RCMP have taken weapons and fentanyl off of city streets. Const. Kelly Brett said the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Targeted Policing unit completed an investigation into a fentanyl drug trafficking group, resulting in two arrests and the seizure of what is...
It was a typical, single-family house with a landscaped yard and Christmas decorations in a quiet neighborhood in eastern Pennsylvania. But this week investigators, acting on a tip, uncovered a secret in the basement — a drug operation worth an estimated $8 million a week.On...