Fentanyl

On June 16, 2017, a task force of law enforcement agencies completed a long-term investigation into the distribution of heroin and fentanyl by a drug distribution organization operating in the New Bedford area. The investigation was dubbed Operation High Stakes and it resulted in charges against 21 individuals and the seizure of approximately 400 grams of heroin and fentanyl and a large amount of

BOSTON - A New Bedford man faces nearly six years in prison for his connection to a heroin and Fentanyl trafficking operation in Southeastern Massachusetts. The Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office says Cory Nickerson, 33, pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and Fentanyl...

NEW BEDFORD - Ten people, many of them repeat offenders, have been rounded up as the result of a raid conducted by New Bedford Police over the weekend. Police say the late Saturday morning raid at 55 County Street, Apt. 3, stemmed from an investigation into a Fentanyl distribution service being run out of the home...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man is arrested and an estimated $6,000 worth of Fentanyl is taken off the streets. New Bedford Police carried out a search warrant around 8 a.m. Friday morning at an apartment at 156 Garfield Street. Inside the home, police found 84...

NEW BEDFORD - A drug stronger than fentanyl has stormed onto the scene in Massachusetts. State Police recently revealed they have discovered three samples of carfentanil in drug samples taken from Brockton and Quincy. The synthetic drug is professionally used as a tranquilizer for large mammals such as elephants and rhinoceri...

NEW BEDFORD - Three people are hospitalized after police say a man operating under the influence of drugs crashed into an oncoming vehicle in New Bedford. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident in the 3200 block of Acushnet Avenue Sunday around 9:30 p...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford municipal employee was one of 30 people arrested during "Operation Stop the Flow." Providence Police, in conjunction with law enforcement agencies in southeastern Massachusetts, arrested 30 individuals they say had been distributing heroin and fentanyl through Rhode Island and the Southcoast...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man wanted on a warrant out of Maine has turned himself in. Police say 18-year-old Trevor Teves turned himself over to police at the Rockdale Avenue headquarters late Monday morning. Teves had been arrested in Waldoboro, Maine, in March, along with 34-year-old Cameron Soto after police found heroin, fentanyl, scales, and $1,800 in cash in their vehicle...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts city is considering a proposal to create publicly accessible boxes containing Narcan, the medication used to counteract opioid overdoses. Cambridge officials say a passer-by who found someone suffering from an overdose could administer the drug before medics arrive...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man is charged after police find him in possession of the deadly drug, Fentanyl. New Bedford narcotics detectives conducted a motor vehicle stop at the intersection of Coggeshall Street and Belleville Avenue just before 11 p...