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Two California men were arrested following the largest drug bust in Orange County in 16 years, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Edgar Alfonso Lamas, 36, and Carlos Raygozaparedes, 53, were leaving a Buena Park home last month when their minivan was pulled over and 821 pounds of meth, nearly 190 pounds of cocaine, and […]
A Fresno, California police sergeant has been charged with robbery, illegal possession of meth, and a DUI after reportedly stealing the drugs from a suspect, using them, and crashing his patrol car. ABC 30 reports that the collision happened in a parking lot and didn’t involve any other cars. The officer, Donnie Dinnell is currently […]
Five adults were found dead inside an apartment in suburban Colorado on Sunday due to what police believe to be an accidental fentanyl overdose. ABC News reports police discovered the bodies of three women and two men at the North Range Crossings Apartments on East 104th Avenue in Commerce City, Colorado. Another adult and a four-month-old child were […]
The Scottsdale Police Department held a press conference on Thursday to announce a record narcotics seizure. Working in tandem with the Phoenix Field Division of the DEA, Scottsdale police undertook an investigation involving Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, resulting in the seizure of 1.7 million fentanyl pills, which has an estimated street value of $9 million. “The Sinaloa Cartel primarily […]
A high school student was arrested Tuesday for exposing two school resource officers and a nurse to fentanyl, per Alabama Local News. All three faculty members at Sequoyah High School who were exposed through the 17-year-old’s vape pen, which contained fentanyl, were given Narcan, and appear to be “stable and doing well.” According WVLT, the vape cartridge was free of fentanyl. Instead, the powerful drug […]
Connecticut officials are urging cannabis smokers to exercise caution, after health experts reported the first documented case of fentanyl-tainted marijuana. The State Department of Public Health issued the warning earlier this week, about five months after Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana use. According to CBS News, officials have confirmed nearly 40 opioid overdoses in the state from July through October. Each […]
Overdose deaths soared to a new record in 2021, topping 100,000 for the first time in a calendar year, the New York Times reports. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 100,300 Americans died of drug overdoses between May 2020 and April 2021, a nearly 30 percent uptick in fatalities from the previous […]
An Arizona man has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of distributing fentanyl in Mac Miller’s overdose case. According to the Justice Department, Ryan Michael Reavis, 38, plead guilty as part of a plea agreement and admitted “to knowing that the pills contained fentanyl or some other controlled substance.” Reavis is accused of supplying the […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced the arrests of 150 people as part of a coordinated effort to dismantle the […]
Two Columbus police officers are now behind bars for their alleged involvement in a drug-trafficking scheme. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio, narcotics officers John J. Kotchkoski, 33, and Marco Merino, 44 have been accused of helping sale and distribute 7.5 kilograms of fentanyl. Federal investigators say Merino had tried to recruit […]
