A 34-year-old city drug dealer was found guilty of selling fentanyl to a second city drug dealer resulting in the overdose death of another person.
Homeland Security Investigations, in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire, is seeking to identify potential victims of a sophisticated gift card fraud scheme for victim restitution purposes.Â
Mayor Jay Ruais testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, throwing his support behind two bills (SB 14 and SB 15 – see below) aimed at increasing penalties related to fentanyl possession and distributing a controlled drug that results in death.Â
A man arrested last week for having a loaded firearm, a violation of his status as a convicted felon, is in custody again, this time after leading police on a brief chase before his car got stuck on the railroad tracks.
Once built and operational the lab will have a staff of more than 50 and the DEA expects to process more than 5,000 drug exhibits a year. The lab will provide forensic analysis for drug investigations for the entire DEA New England Field Division covering New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and upstate New York. Regional laboratories process evidence for the DEA, FBI, ATF, DHS, and state and local agencies.
While these numbers might not be perfect, for a variety of reasons, they certainly don’t lie. The article which is cited as the source for these numbers comes from AMR Representative Christopher Stawasz. In that article he talks about the two best ways of reducing the fatality levels for opioid overdoses. The first is to increase the availability and education about Narcan. Narcan and education about it is widely available, often for free. It will effectively prevent the fatality of an opioid overdose as long as it is administered in time, and administered correctly. The second is to increase education and awareness about best practices for using in ways that will help to prevent more needless fatalities. Most importantly: “Never use alone!”
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An officer was treated for exposure to fentanyl after coming into contact with the drug during a search prior to an arrest.
A police confrontation with a Weare man Saturday night suspected of buying drugs led to the evacuation of Cumberland Farms on Hanover Stret, after a bag of what police believe was fentanyl tore open, contaminating the officers, the suspect and the store.
Two people were arrested — one in Massachusetts and the other at a Chestnut Street address — Wednesday in connection with a heroin/fentanyl and cocaine trafficking operation in Lynn and Lawrence.