NYPD Issues K2 Alert After Recent Spate Of Overdoses

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The NYPD on Monday issued an alert that exceedingly dangerous K2 is still popping up around Brooklyn.

Advisory alert warning people about a particularly toxic batch of K2 that has triggered 49 overdose cases originating at five locations in #Brooklyn. More information here: https://t.co/WUcM0ufUpC pic.twitter.com/eqDnvW9AAg
— Terence Monahan (@TerenceMonahan) May 22, 2018

The department released photos of some of the packages, and say 49 people have overdosed since the first case on Friday.

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Police say they've traced the drugs back to five different sale points, but they're still trying to determine where it originates from.

13 people have been arrested.