Scot Watkins Jr. sentenced for role in distributing fentanyl, meth from Detroit to Red Lake Nation
A search warrant was executed at a Bemidji hotel in March of 2021, where law enforcement seized 174 grams of fentanyl and 37 grams of meth.
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A search warrant was executed at a Bemidji hotel in March of 2021, where law enforcement seized 174 grams of fentanyl and 37 grams of meth.
"We have to make sure that this stuff stops coming into our ports of entry. We have to do everything we can to stop it coming in," said Rep. Craig.
Investigators say they collected enough precursor chemicals of the deadly drug to kill 25 million people.
A 27-year-old St. Paul woman faces felony charges after her 7-year-old daughter died of a fentanyl overdose. The death occurred amid a child custody dispute within the family.
A Maple Grove man will spend 30 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl and possessing a prohibited firearm.
A federal jury found a Richfield man guilty of conspiring to distribute over 80,000 fentanyl pills last year.
A Minnesota teen will be charged as an adult in connection to the overdose death of a 15-year-old West St. Paul girl last year.
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Wisconsin officials announced on Friday the arrests of six individuals accused of trafficking fentanyl from Arizona to Wisconsin. One of the arrested is from Minnesota.
Increasing penalties for selling fentanyl is an ask of law enforcement and prosecutors, who say it's been a consistent problem hampering their ability to crack down on a crisis.
The Justice Department alleged Rite Aid's Government Affairs department told employees to delete internal information warning about suspicious prescribers.
Community leaders address fentanyl epidemic during the annual “Faces of Fentanyl” rally.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says detectives learned that a suspect was returning to Minnesota with a "large quantity of narcotics."
Sheriff's deputies seized nearly 1,300 fentanyl pills as part of a drug bust in south Uptown that also turned up cocaine and methamphetamine.
The senator said she believes the flow of precursor chemicals into Mexico is happening with the tacit approval of the Chinese.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger says Scott has a long criminal history including domestic assault and fentanyl dealing.
The Mankato Department of Public Safety responded to three different locations on Tuesday to find the teens all exhibiting signs consistent with an opioid overdose.
Private equity groups are cashing in on rising rates of alcohol and drug addiction in the U.S.
Law enforcement in central Minnesota learned from the U.S. Postal Inspector that a large shipment of fentanyl pills were being sent to an address on the 800 block of 7th Street South in Waite Park.The package allegedly contained 2,300 pills.
Authorities confiscated over 40,000 fentanyl pills and several guns in a downtown Minneapolis apartment Friday.
Authorities confiscated over 40,000 fentanyl pills and several guns in a downtown Minneapolis apartment Friday.
At Oak Grove Middle School, tucked inside the cabinet storing the automated external defibrillator for emergencies is another life-saving tool: naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
There are new battles at the U.S.-Mexico border over the most dangerous narcotic law enforcement has ever seen.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said it was a joint effort with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Police say they just uncovered a deadly, new kind of fentanyl in Minnesota.
