On March 28, over 77 pounds of suspected heroin or fentanyl were seized in Harlem, New York City. Ariel Hernandez faces drug charges and Luisuidyn Garcia Mena has been charged with conspiracy in the second degree and false personation. Fentanyl is an extremely dangerous substance, with...
A citizen of Mexico living in America who was busted trafficking 25 kilograms of...
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...
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...
By Mike Donoghue, Reformer Correspondent BURLINGTON — A federal magistrate ordered a Manchester man — wanted as a major distributor for fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in Southern Vermont — held without bail following his arraignment Thursday in Burlington.Torrie D. Smith, 29, pleaded not guilty...