50K fentanyl pills recovered by police in Yavapai County
Yavapai County, Arizona — Nearly 50,000 fentanyl pills were recently seized in Yavapai County during two separate traffic outages that occurred within 30 minutes near Camp Verde. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Marco Seja Partida, 35, of California said he was taken into custody last week after a large amount of drugs were found in his […]
DPS seizes over 1,000 pounds of Meth, Fentanyl and Cocaine During commercial inspection
Posted by: Staff February 24, 2023 The incident was the second major drug seizure in four days by Arizona State Police. On the morning of Monday, February 20, 2023, Arizona State Police initiated a traffic stop for commercial vehicle drivers on Mariposa Road east of Interstate 19 in Nogales, Arizona. While inspecting the commercial vehicle, […]
Troopers find nearly 1.3M fentanyl pills after Pinal County crash
independent news media The Arizona Department of Transportation reported Tuesday that 286 pounds of fentanyl pills were found in a crash last week on Interstate 10 in Pinal County. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 4 out of 10 fentanyl-laced tablets contain at least 2 milligrams of a lethal dose of a synthetic opioid. […]
Arizona legislative fight against fentanyl continues as drug seizures rise
Ashley Dunn loved fishing. When she was 16, her father Mitch Dunn, she and her family snuck into the 5th hole of the south course of Antelope Hills Golf Course to see if they could catch a carp swimming in the lake. She swam in reclaimed water and came home with a 3-pound goldfish, but […]
The danger of hidden doses of fentanyl | News
Illegally purchased drugs are likely to be laced with lethal doses of fentanyl. This is especially true for illegally purchased prescription drugs, especially opioids. This is the message that the La Paz County Probation Service and the Parker Area Alliance for Community Empowerment want to convey to the community, especially parents and young people. Probation […]
Legislative fight against fentanyl continues as drug seizures rise in Arizona
Conor McGill and James Powel | | Cronkite News PRESCOTT – Ashley Dunn loved fishing. When she was 16, her father Mitch Dunn, she and her family snuck into the 5th hole of the south course of Antelope Hills Golf Course to see if they could catch a carp swimming in the lake. She swam […]
Sheriff Paul Penzone: Detention Officer Andres Salazar tried to smuggle 100 pills of fentanyl, meth into a Maricopa County jail
A Maricopa County detainee was arrested Wednesday after authorities said they tried to smuggle about 100 meth and fentanyl pills into the county’s lockup. Sheriff Paul Penzone said he believed officer Andrés Salazar was arrested on the first attempt, but admitted there was a drug problem at the county jail. I overdosed. 17 of them […]
Fentanyl affects families, sparks Arizona legislative fights
PRESCOTT – Ashley Dunn loved fishing. When she was 16, her father Mitch Dunn, she and her family snuck into the 5th hole of the south course of Antelope Hills Golf Course to see if they could catch a carp swimming in the lake. She swam in reclaimed water and came home with a 3-pound […]
Ciscomani: Fentanyl is ‘killing our youth’
Thatcher — U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-Arizona) was a featured speaker at the Graham County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day luncheon on Monday, saying the fentanyl crisis is getting worse by the day. rice field. “We have to address the immigration system on many fronts, and many of our priorities as well. Because it’s killing […]
Channel 2 Action News goes to the front lines of the fentanyl crisis
Between February 2021 and February 2022, more than 108,000 people in the United States died from fentanyl overdoses. Blair Miller, Channel 2 Washington bureau reporter I went to the southern border to find out how deadly drugs are making their way through checkpoints and infiltrating communities. Miller met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Port […]
