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3 Kilos Of Fentanyl Found During Jericho Turnpike Traffic Stop: Police 3 Kilos Of Fentanyl Found During Jericho Turnpike Traffic Stop: Police
3 Kilos Of Fentanyl Found During Jericho Turnpike Traffic Stop: Police A man originally stopped for expired registration on Jericho Turnpike was arrested for the nearly six pounds of fentanyl found in the vehicle, police claim. On Wednesday, April 12 at around 7 p.m., Juan Carlos Cruz, age 50, of the Bronx, was traveling westbound on the turnpike in Syosset in a sedan with expired Pennsylvania registration, Nassau County Police said. However, in addition to the expired registration, police reported that they recovered three kilos — or six pounds — of what they believed to be fentanyl from the scene. Opioid deaths have skyrocketed across the US in rece…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Long Island Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Undercover Cop, Jury Finds Long Island Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Undercover Cop, Jury Finds
Long Island Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Undercover Cop, Jury Finds A Long Island man was convicted by a jury of his peers for selling pills laced with fentanyl at an LIRR train station. Anthony Alexander, age 57, of Deer Park, was found guilty Thursday, March 30, of selling the opioid-laced pills under the guise that they were oxycodone, the Suffolk County DA said. Alexander sold what he said were oxycodone pills to an undercover investigator two times in January 2022. Subsequent testing of the pills sold to the investigator revealed that they were fentanyl, not oxycodone. Police arrested Alexander on January 20, 2022, at the Babylon train station. Inves…

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by Sophie Grieser