Nearly 500 fentanyl pills found in Phoenix jail bookings

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that Maricopa County prison officers found nearly 500 pills suspected of being fentanyl during five inmate appointments. According to the sheriff’s office, guards found what appeared to be AA batteries that had fallen from the inmate’s pocket, along with about six suspected fentanyl tablets. About 70 more tablets […]

Arizona House committee votes to crack down on fentanyl dealers

Ashley Dunn lay in a hospital bed on life support for three days before her mother gave her permission to unplug it. Before that, she lay on the floor of her apartment for her 30 minutes while waiting for her roommate to call her 911. she delivers it. “She killed my child,” Ashley’s mother, Josephine […]

2 arrested in seizure of $2 million worth of fentanyl in Tucson

A months-long drug trafficking investigation resulted in the arrest of two men and the seizure of $2 million worth of fentanyl and other drugs and weapons. On February 2, Arizona Department of Public Safety detectives issued a search warrant in the South 6th Street and East Adjoway areas. During the search, detectives seized 93.9 pounds […]

Enough Fentanyl to ‘kill every American’ seized at border

news To Marian Martinez Feb 7, 2023 | 8:34 PM Fentanyl seized at US borders has killed more than a billion people in just the past three months, a top border official said Tuesday. This fact came to light when two U.S. Border Patrol chiefs were questioned during congressional hearings on border security. MP Tim […]

Under Arizona bill, fentanyl dealers could face life in prison or the death penalty

An Arizona senator introduced a bill that would allow law enforcement to prosecute fentanyl dealers for first-degree murder. We are in the midst of an ongoing opioid epidemic across the state and throughout the country. Under this proposal, anyone who supplies, transports, or sells fentanyl could face life imprisonment or the death penalty in Arizona. […]

Apache Junction police investigating where toddler got fentanyl after overdose death

Apache Junction, Arizona (3TV/CBS 5) — Apache Junction Police are investigating after a 3-year-old boy died from fentanyl. The boy’s family has taken him to the hospital and is cooperating with detectives, police said. But police said they don’t know where the child got the fentanyl or how it got into his system. “Anytime you […]

First U.S.-Mexico border hearing to focus on security, fentanyl

Washington (new nation) — Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is scheduled to hold the panel’s first hearing on security on Wednesday. US-Mexico border. At least three witnesses are expected to participate in the commission’s hearing, which the commission said “border security, national security, and how fentanyl has impacted the […]