Authorities in North Carolina confiscated a massive haul of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl in what officials called “one of the largest seizures in the state.”
Deputies with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Wednesday at a residence in Wilmington, North Carolina, seizing 13 pounds of fentanyl, a painkiller roughly 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine. Police arrested William McIntire, Charles Batts and Wanda Moore, who face a litany of charges including trafficking and conspiring to sell narcotics, reported Star News Online. -- More...
