Sheriff: Drug trafficking suspect caught with ‘dangerous amount’ of fentanyl – News – Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Another arrest was made in an ongoing drug trafficking investigation Friday night, according to local authorities.

23-year-old Key’Shaun Martin of Daytona Beach was arrested Friday after he fled from an attempted traffic stop for a stolen license tag, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

Martin was wanted on drug-trafficking charges in the Volusia County narcotics investigation “Operation Smooth Criminal,” a year-long investigation that was revealed to the public on May 16 when several ringleaders and members were arrested for distributing heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in the county.

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The Sheriff’s Office said Martin led officers and their helicopter on a reckless chase through neighborhoods in Daytona Beach, Holly Hill and Ormond Beach. Stop sticks were deployed and the black Infinity came to stop near Seville Street and South Ridgewood Avenue in Ormond Beach.

Upon search of the vehicle, officers found multiple cell phones, scales containing narcotic residue, multiple plastic bags and 239 grams of fentanyl — a “dangerous amount” that can kill “hundreds” of people, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

“This arrest illustrates our commitment to fighting the opioid epidemic here in our county and stopping scumbags like Key’Shaun Martin from further trafficking deadly heroin and fentanyl, which is killing members of our community,” Sheriff Chitwood said Saturday in a press release. “The amount of fentanyl Martin had in his possession at the time of his arrest could have easily killed hundreds, if not thousands of people and I’m confident that his arrest has prevented another overdose in our county.”

Martin had an active warrant for his arrest on charges of conspiracy to traffic heroin and unlawful use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a crime with a $25,000 bond.

On Friday, Martin was charged with conspiracy to traffic heroin, unlawful use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a crime, fleeing or attempting to allude, drug offense and petit theft. He is currently at the Volusia County Branch Jail on $1,007,000 bail.

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