fentanyl

The U.S. has sanctioned more than a dozen people and businesses in China and Mexico that allegedly helped provide machines used to make counterfeit prescription drugs.

The parents of a 16-month-old girl from New York have been indicted in her death after exposing the toddler to fentanyl, the acting district attorney said.

A Westchester County mother is calling for her daughter’s drug dealer to be criminally charged in the teen’s fatal overdose, and adding that social media companies may to blame as well for giving dealers a market to push their poisonous pills. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

A Westchester County mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning in the Bronx is questioning whether the NYPD’s Overdose Squads are actually following through with their objectives – or even whether the specialized units exist anymore.

Nearly two dozen gang members accused of hiding drugs in car seats and trap doors have been arrested on Long Island, after police said they seized enough fentanyl to kill tens of thousands of people.

Greg Cergol reporting on the 16-month long undercover investigation that led to these arrests.

In what is being calling a “historic” drug bust, a Bronx man was arrested for transporting three kilograms of pure fentanyl, according to law enforcement officials — and police said they couldn’t find out if he had any previous arrests because of something he did to his body.

Law enforcement officials announced today that a Bronx man has been arrested for transporting three kilograms of pure fentanyl. Adam Kuperstein reports.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said agents arrested a food courier at JFK International Airport on Sunday after he was caught allegedly trying to smuggle fentanyl into the country using candles.

President Joe Biden’s drug czar on Wednesday declared that fentanyl mixed with xylazine, an animal tranquilizer known as “tranq” that has been linked to a rising number of overdose deaths across the U.S., represents an “emerging threat” facing the nation.

A 13-month-old from New Jersey was revived after allegedly ingesting fentanyl and, now, a 35-year-old man was arrested in connection to the harrowing ordeal, local prosecutors said. Gerald Colon is facing a charge of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child after being arrested Thursday following an investigation into the incident, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said. An investigation...

Narcan, the best-known form of naloxone, can reverse overdoses of opioids like heroin and fentanyl.

A frighteningly toxic mix of synthetic opioid fentanyl and a human flesh-eating animal sedative has been blamed for an increasing number of U.S. overdose deaths, prompting a rare public health warning at the federal level last week and now, calls for more assistance at home. Longtime New York Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the feds Sunday to send a...

Even as law enforcement in New Jersey tries to wrap a criminal investigation into fentanyl overdoses of five women, one of whom died, at an upscale mall, federal drug authorities are warning of even more dangerous substances. Fentanyl, which is what the women in the Shops at Riverside mall case ingested last week, can be used to lace drugs like…

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Two people have been arrested in connection with the quintuple fentanyl overdoses that left five women unconscious in the parking garage of a high-end New Jersey mall last week, a law enforcement source told News 4 Thursday. One of the women died over the weekend, which may mean upgraded charges, the source said. The names of the two people arrested…

Exclusive new photos show paramedics rush to the parking lot of the Shops at Riverside, racing to revive the five workers who overdosed on fentanyl. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

The fentanyl overdoses of five women in the parking garage of a high-end New Jersey mall where they all work a day ago was an isolated incident, authorities said as they shared an update on the investigation Thursday. One of the women remained hospitalized in serious condition, while three others were released. The fifth victim refused medical attention at the…

The suspected fentanyl overdoses caused a scare at the upscale Shops at Riverside in Hackensack. The five employees, all women, were given CPR and Narcan in order to be revived. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports