MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Over the last six months, local law enforcement agencies have seized over $80,000 worth of fentanyl. “It’s huge they found that in 9/11 over in Afghanistan they started to really over produce their poppy plants and that’s really when the explosion kind of mixed between the expanding shipping out of the opioids along with the we…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – There’s been another large fentanyl seizure in Moorhead. Police say early Sunday morning, an officer spotted a vehicle that struck the median on 20th St. near Belsly Boulevard. The officer also noted the car had equipment violations, and a traffic stop was conducted in the 3000 block of 20th St. S. Police say the driver initially…
Clay County fentanyl seizure 4/27/2022CLAY COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – Three men are in custody following the largest fentanyl seizure in Clay County of more than 1,000 pills near Moorhead Deputies attempted to pull over two vehicles on Interstate 94 in early this morning. In those vehicles were 52-year-old Larry McClendon, 36-year-old Raphael Murphy, and 32-year-old Cameron Desjarlais. All have no…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Two people in Moorhead have been arrested for transporting fentanyl from Chicago. Moorhead Police say 53-year-old Marcellus Beasley and 29-year-old Hannah Haaland were pulled over on Friday on I-94 in Clay County on their way back from Illinois. The suspects handed over small bags containing 50 grams of powered fentanyl. The drugs have a street value of…
GRANT CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two women are charged with 3rd degree murder in the overdose death last March of 27-year-old Jonathan Murtland of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. Grant County Sheriff’s Office determined that 24-year-old Rachel MacMillan of Elbow Lake and 30-year-old Montana Hedstrom of Dalton provided Murtland with fentanyl which led to his death. He was found not breathing at…
DULUTH, Minn. – Members of a drug-trafficking organization have been charged with transporting and distributing fentanyl and heroin in northern Minnesota. Duluth police say that between June and December of 2021, traffickers brought large amounts of drugs from Illinois to midlevel dealers and consumers in Carlton and St. Louis counties. Fourteen people have been arrested and warrants have been issued…
RED LAKE, MN (KVRR) – The Red Lake Police Department Narcotics Unit, with assistance, made a large Fentanyl bust on Wednesday. With assistance by Patrol, Conservation and Investigation units they served a search warrant in the West End area of Red lake. They found over 1/2 pound of Fentanyl and nearly two ounces of Methamphetamine along with $2,413.00 in cash….
April 2021 MugshotCLAY CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A man authorities believe was traveling back into our area with a shipment of drugs is arrested during a stop on I-94 in Clay County. Officers stopped 48-year-old Charles Fraction, who has no permanent address, on Wednesday. They found around 70 grams believed to be a cocaine and fentanyl mixture, nearly 5 grams…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead Police find 343 fentanyl pills worth $12,000 and two men have been arrested during a drug bust. The department says during a traffic stop on Interstate 94 Wednesday officers found 15 bags with blue pills inside with M30 written on them. Authorities say it’s a “known description of counterfeit labeled drugs responsible for doubling…
Steven PintoFARGO (KVRR) – A Rhode Island man will spend more than three decades in federal prison for helping lead an international fentanyl trafficking ring that led to at least one overdose death in North Dakota. Acting U.S. Attorney Nick Chase says 40 year-old Steven Pinto of Pawtucket, Rhode Island was sentenced to 33 years for conspiracy, money laundering and…
