Officials detail drug-trafficking investigation in Philadelphia area
The Pennsylvania attorney general announced arrests and more narcotics seizures at the Monday press conference.
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The Pennsylvania attorney general announced arrests and more narcotics seizures at the Monday press conference.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that through September of this year, law enforcement has seized more than 50 million doses of the powerful opioid. CBS News Philadelphia reporter Dan Snyder reports.
The Philadelphia Police Special Operations confiscated $70,000 worth of illegal drugs. A two-month investigation that started in Kensington and led to the neighborhoods of Logan and Mount Airy concluded with the arrests of six people now facing gun and narcotics charges. Marijuana, fentanyl, and cocaine were seized in the bust. Police also recovered 11 firearms, including semi-automatic handguns.
A Philadelphia-based drug trafficking network was disbanded after 41-pounds of fentanyl, worth more than $6 million, was seized in North Philadelphia.
A Philadelphia-based fentanyl trafficking network was disbanded in North Philadelphia.
A Philadelphia-based fentanyl trafficking network was disbanded in North Philadelphia.
Krasner said five people were charged in connection with a fentanyl trafficking operation in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office released details of a major drug bust Wednesday afternoon. Authorities confiscated 31 kilos of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $5 million. They also arrested five suspected members of the Acevedo drug trafficking organization. Search warrants executed at five houses in North Philadelphia and the Northeast uncovered packaging mills.
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Philadelphia officials said the "Avila Drug Trafficking Organization" sold fentanyl, cocaine and moved guns in the city's Fairhill and Kensington neighborhoods.
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office announced the seizure of 1,100 packets of fentanyl, two handguns and a bag of bullets as part of a five-month fentanyl trafficking investigation in Kensington.
Officials say Pennsylvania State Police made three undercover buys from Jada Williams, who was charged with multiple drug offenses.
Jada Williams, 21, was arrested on Thursday on multiple drug-related charges for her role in a fentanyl trafficking operation.
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Inside the compartment, investigators say they found more fentanyl and other drugs, totaling more than five kilos.
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Nitazenes are a synthetic opioid, like fentanyl, although the two drugs are not structurally related.
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Eight people were hospitalized after a March 4 explosion at Savita Naturals in Logan Township, New Jersey.
Tacony Academy Charter High School junior Jaheim Warner helped save a woman who appeared to be having a seizure in her truck.
A 15-year-old boy was found shot multiple times in North Philadelphia on Friday afternoon, police said.
Tacony Academy Charter High School junior Jaheim Warner helped save a woman who appeared to be having a seizure in her truck.
A 15-year-old boy was found shot multiple times in North Philadelphia on Friday afternoon, police said.
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