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Three DEA agents were injured when a suspect attempting to flee arrest in a vehicle collided with two DEA vehicles.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has put out warnings about "rainbow fentanyl" being used as a tactic to entice young people.
Keely Arthur, WRAL consumer reporter
Xylazine is popping up across the country, primarily detected after being mixed with opioids like fentanyl. The drug is typically used as a tranquilizer or sedative for horses.
Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporter
According to the DEA, rainbow fentanyl is currently found in 21 states. So far North Carolina is not one of them.
Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter
A Raleigh police officer has been arrested after allegedly selling drugs while he was on duty, according to the department and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter
"Today is an occasion that no head of a law enforcement agency desires for their department. The arrest of Mr. Rodriguez is a disappointment to me, the Raleigh Police Department and the citizens and residents of our community," said Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson.
It is almost impossible to tell these two pills apart. One is real and the other is fake, containing a deadly dose of fentanyl. This week, the DEA put out a warning that these look-a-likes are becoming more common.
Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter
Last week, Raleigh police seized 55 fentanyl pills along with cocaine, cash and guns.
Cross-border tunnels have long been used by cartels to move drugs and people into the United States, but even so, the sophistication of the recent find stood out, the U.S. border agency said.
Elian Peltier, New York Times
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said deputies assisted in the arrest of two people Thursday during a US Drug Enforcement Agency operation. One suspect was caught after a chase resulted in multiple traffic crashes caused by the suspect.
Federal data released for the first time is providing more detail on the millions of prescription opioid pills that flooded the country as the epidemic exploded nearly a decade ago. But in North Carolina, state public health officials have for years been putting data to work fighting the crisis.
Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter
The state has agreed to pay a $190,000 penalty to the federal government for lax record-keeping on how drugs are dispensed at Central Prison and the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women, officials said Wednesday.
Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politcs editor
