Fentanyl

A New Bedford man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty today to his role in a drug trafficking organization operating in the area.

New Bedford Police Chief Paul Oliveira says the so-called 'rainbow fentanyl' showing up other places to entice children has not yet hit the Whaling City.

Kona is one of only two dogs in the entire country trained to do what she does thanks to the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office.

A 22-year-old Fall River man has been arrested by Dartmouth Police on numerous narcotics charges.

Two Fall River residents have been arrested on numerous drug charges after police are tipped off to a transaction involving Fentanyl.

A Westport man has been charged in connection to an overdose death in Rhode Island.

NEW BEDFORD — The police narcotics unit seized 42 grams of Fentanyl and a stolen loaded firearm Tuesday evening. As part of an investigation into a Fentanyl distribution service being operated out of a vehicle, detectives stopped a vehicle driven by the target of the search, Reynaldo Melendez, 26, of 868 Shawmut Avenue, New Bedford, in the area of Hathaway Boulevard and Highland Street... Read Mor

Members of the New Bedford Narcotics Unit made an arrest and took Fentanyl off the street Monday following an investigation into a Fentanyl distribution service

Police have seized over $30,000 worth of heroin and a substantial amount of Fentanyl as part of an investigation into a heroin delivery service.

New Bedford Police are filing charges against two people after both are found unresponsive behind the wheel of their cars in separate incidents.