Tag: fentanyl
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Douglas County police, DEA find record-breaking amount of fentanyl in storage unit
A Douglas County man got more than he bargained for when purchasing an abandoned storage unit last week — nearly 2 million fentanyl pills. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, along with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), seized a record-breaking amount of fake fentanyl pills…
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Douglas County police, DEA find record-breaking amount of fentanyl in storage unit
A Douglas County man got more than he bargained for when purchasing an abandoned storage unit last week — nearly 2 million fentanyl pills. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, along with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), seized a record-breaking amount of fake fentanyl pills…
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El Paso County sheriff’s deputies seize over 200 fentanyl pills, other drugs during traffic stop
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies arrested two people and seized over 200 fentanyl pills, Xanax pills, crack cocaine, PCP, methamphetamine and heroin during a traffic stop Sunday night in unincorporated El Paso County, the Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. Deputies removed Juan Gonzales-Gomez, 26, and Keri Shay, 24, from the vehicle after observing burnt residue on…
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Appeals court finds Denver jury convicted man for possessing more fentanyl than evidence showed
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded a Denver jury convicted a defendant of a felony for possessing more than four grams of an illegal substance when the evidence actually showed it was not close to even one gram. At his 2023 trial, a jury convicted Cesar Noel Garcia for misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine and felony…
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Pueblo man arrested for allegedly possessing 55 grams of fentanyl, other drugs
Pueblo sheriff’s deputies arrested a man on Saturday after seeing alchohol and drugs in his car while he was sleeping in it, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Deputies responding to a suspicious vehicle call found Ross Lopez, 41, of Pueblo, sleeping in his car with an open can of beer and drug…
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4 arrested in tri-agency Colorado Springs motor vehicle theft operation
Several law enforcement agencies arrested four people in Colorado Springs during a Beat Auto Theft Through Law Enforcement (BATTLE) operation on Monday. According to a blotter entry by Colorado Springs police, officers responded to a carjacking of a blue 2006 Jeep Liberty in the 500 block of South Nevada Avenue on Thursday. After locating the…
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El Paso County Coroner warns of drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl
A person who died in August in Colorado Springs is the first known instance in El Paso County of a case involving carfentanil without fentanyl, according to a news release by the county’s coroner. Carfentanil is a powerful synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals like elephants. The drug is 100 times more potent than…
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El Paso County Coroner warns of drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl
A person who died in August in Colorado Springs is the first known instance in El Paso County of a case involving carfentanil without fentanyl, according to a news release by the county’s coroner. Carfentanil is a powerful synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals like elephants. The drug is 100 times more potent than…
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Guns, drugs found during arrest in Cimarron Hills
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies recovered two guns, fentanyl and methamphetamine after finding two people who appeared to be unconscious in a vehicle Saturday morning, authorities said Thursday. Deputies observed a Chevrolet pickup truck towing a Dodge Ram stopped in a traffic lane near Meadowbrook Parkway and Woolsey Heights in Cimarron Hills. After announcing themselves…
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El Paso County Coroner warns of drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl
A person who died in August in Colorado Springs is the first known instance in El Paso County of a case involving carfentanil without fentanyl, according to a news release by the county’s coroner. Carfentanil is a powerful synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals like elephants. The drug is 100 times more potent than…