Marijuana Laced with Fentanyl Found in Sullivan County

Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff is warning the public that marijuana laced with the  powerful narcotic drug fentanyl has made it’s way to Sullivan County.

On Monday evening, a sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the parking lot of the Walmart in Monticello he observed a car parked, facing the wrong way in the crosswalk of the front entrance.

When the deputy approached the vehicle, the driver became belligerent and tried to run inside of the store. The driver, identified as Daquan Hamilton, 22, of Bloomingburg was taken into custody.

Sheriff Schiff said:

We have been on the lookout for about a year, said the Sheriff. We can now confirm that it is here. This is the stuff that is causing the majority of the overdoses. They are mixing fentanyl with heroin, cocaine and now marijuana. The results could be deadly

Hamilton’s license was expired and also suspended 10 times on 5 different dates.

At the time of his arrest, Hamilton was in possession of approximately 7 grams of marijuana. Back at the Sheriff’s Office deputies tested the marijuana and found that it contained fentanyl.

Hamilton was interviewed by detectives, and advised that the dealer that he had bought the marijuana from warned that the “weed was very potent”

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