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148 Packages Containing Fentanyl, Heroin, Crack Cocaine Seized During CT Traffic Stop
A traffic stop in Connecticut led to the discovery of 148 packages containing fentanyl, heroin, and crack cocaine.
A trooper saw a Dodge Sprinter van pass his unmarked cruiser at a high rate of speed on I-91 northbound in Hartford at about 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, Connecticut State Police said.
The trooper tried to pull the van over, but it continued traveling until it stopped at the bottom of Exit 32, police said.
When the trooper approached the van, the driver, identified as 52-year-old Mauro Spagnolo, of Rocky Hill, was seen handling items that looked like narcotics, poli…
East Longfellow Man Trafficked Enough Fentanyl To Kill 200,000 Users: Police
Police arrested an East Longfellow man recently on charges of trafficking a large amount of fentanyl and firearm violation, federal authorities said.
Carlos Gonzalez, 25, appeared for the first time in a Boston federal courtroom last month for allegedly bringing 400 grams of the synthetic opioid into Massachusetts, the Department of Justice said. For context, the DEA reports that 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be deadly depending on a person's size, weight, and tolerance, which means 200,000 people could have potentially overdosed on the haul police say Gonzales had. Investigators a…
