JENNINGS, La. (NEWS 15) — Investigators with the Jennings Police Department announced on Friday, January 10, the arrest of a man linked to at least nine drug overdoses, including one death, in five days in the city. Police said they arrested Ronald Martin, 60, of Jennings. They added he supp…
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JENNINGS, La. (NEWS 15) — Investigators with the Jennings Police Department announced on Friday, January 10, the arrest of a man linked to at least nine drug overdoses, including one death, in five days in the city. Police said they arrested Ronald Martin, 60, of Jennings. They added he supplied the drugs that led to the overdoses, oftentimes drugs laced with fentanyl. Investigators noted when they executed the search warrant of the home, they found 11 pounds of drugs. Those narcotics include marijuana, methamphetamine, powder cocaine, as well as heroin and fentanyl. Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes stated this was the largest fentanyl bust in the city’s history.
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