Undercover on Local Fentanyl Raids; Informants & Agents help Nash County in the 'War on Fentanyl' скачать в хорошем качестве

Undercover on Local Fentanyl Raids; Informants & Agents help Nash County in the 'War on Fentanyl'

It’s a killer the size of grain of sand or the tip of a pen. Illegal fentanyl is running rampant through North Carolina, and the consequences are terrifying. Fentanyl deaths are on the rise in North Carolina. Last year, 4,000 people lost their lives to drug overdoses in our state. The majority — 77% — died due to fentanyl poisoning. The Nash County Sheriff’s Office recently confiscated enough fentanyl to kill every person in the county. WRAL Investigates spent several days with undercover agents and confidential informants on the streets of Nash County as law enforcement battles the war on this poison. Police work starts long before the raids and arrests though. The narcotics team often uses confidential informants or "CIs" to buy the drugs before they execute a search warrant. Deputies allowed WRAL Investigates to watch an undercover operation in Rocky Mount. That CI bought several bindles (a small package) of heroin, likely laced with fentanyl. The buy took place in the middle of the day with children around. Some dosage units were branded as "Power Ball." Users seek out the dealer with the most potent concoction. Unfortunately, with fentanyl, the search for the quickest high can have deadly consequences. The CI who spoke to WRAL Investigates calls the undercover work "a dream." After she saw a friend overdose, she said this was her calling. She’s a former health care worker and a drug user. While the work is rewarding, she said it’s also scary. "What I do, that is what worries me, they are not able to always look after me," she said of the response team’s inability to always track her during buys. She says fentanyl, which is all over the department’s evidence room, is rampant in Nash County. She describes the amount of fentanyl it takes to become deadly as scary. Often users can’t tell whether or when it’s mixed in with other drugs. So far this year, the Nash County Sheriff’s Office has confiscated more than $661,000 worth of drugs off the streets. Last year, they took in 10 times that amount. Stone says it’s everywhere. "It can be in a half-million dollar house or it can be in a mobile home, or in a roadside hotel," he said. Subscribe to WRAL:    / wral5   Follow WRAL: Facebook:   / wraltv   Twitter:   / wral   IG:   / wral   About WRAL-TV: WRAL is your Raleigh, North Carolina news source. Check out our videos for the latest news in Raleigh, local sports, Raleigh weather, and more at https://WRAL.com #localnews #northcarolina #investigation