“We need our parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of this fentanyl,” Grinnell said. Until you go back to the source and wipe it off the map, we are going to continue to chase our tail.”Įchoing that sentiment, Lake County Sherriff Peyton Grinnell said that while local and state law enforcement agencies will continue to tackle the problem, he asked for the public’s contribution. But somebody else will step up to the plate, because the money is there, and they know the product is just going to keep on flooding in. “For a short time, it will dry out in Volusia County. “You have got to stop it before it gets here,” Chitwood said. More: What is fentanyl? A look at the drug at the center of a recent major narcotics bustĬhitwood said that despite the efforts of the sheriff’s office and the other agencies in operations like these, the problem at the border must be addressed at its root for it to stop.
In 2021, 106,699 people died from drug overdoses - up from 92,000 who died the year before, according to the CDC. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2,319.7 grams of fentanyl seized during the operation equate to more than 1.5 million individual doses, Chitwood said.įorty-one people were arrested in Volusia and Flagler counties in connection with trafficking of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and other drugs, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced Tuesday, June 13, 2023.įentanyl is a synthetic opioid so powerful that it is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the U.S. In addition to Drew Daly, 29, the arrests included his suppliers, Vernon Woodward II, 39, of Orange City, and Preston Ingram, 36, of DeLand. More than 2,300 grams of fentanyl were seized during the investigation, along with about 53 grams of black tar heroin, 138 grams of cocaine, 423 grams of methamphetamine, 43 grams of MDMA, 180 opioid pills, 11 firearms (1 stolen), and more than $100,000 in cash and assets.
“Six to eight kilos have been coming in a month and destroying our counties since this investigation began.” “These drug traffickers are responsible for distributing kilo amounts of fentanyl in Volusia and Lake counties on a monthly basis,” Chitwood said. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrests of more than 41 people in Volusia and Flagler counties in connection with trafficking of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and other drugs, Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
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