Southern Arizona high school student accused of possessing 3,200 fentanyl pills

Police said Hernandez-Madrigal was possessing three baggies containing the thousands of “M30” pills.

A random sampling of the pills tested positive for fentanyl, a highly addictive painkiller that can be deadly.

Cardenas-Hernandez was arrested on charges of possessing drug paraphernalia, possessing a narcotic drug and possessing illegal drugs on a school campus.

She and Hernandez-Madrigal were later booked into the Yuma County detention facility on the felony charges.

An unnamed 16-year-old male was also arrested and booked into the Yuma County Juvenile Detention Center on felony drug charges. It was not immediately clear how the teenage boy was involved.

The investigation is ongoing. The police department said more information will be released at a later time.

12 News has reached out to the Yuma Union High School District for comment.

The arrests came the same day that a sheriff’s office in northern Arizona announced that a father and son were among a group of people arrested for allegedly possessing hundreds of fentanyl pills.