Deadly Candy-Like Pills Among 10 Million Doses of Street Drugs Seized in Massachusetts

Fentanyl-laced pills look like sweet Valentine’s Day candy hearts
Deadly Candy-Like Pills Among 10 Million Doses of Street Drugs Seized in Massachusetts
Pink, heart-shaped fentanyl-laced pills, pressed to look like candy, were seized in Lynn, Mass., by the FBI’s North Shore Gang Task Force in November 2023. Courtesy Department of Justice
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
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Fentanyl-laced pills masquerading as sweet little pink candy hearts were among the 10 million doses of controlled substances recently seized by agents in the FBI Boston Field Office’s North Shore Gang Task Force. Close up, the heart-shaped drugs look like candy conversation hearts commonly seen around Valentine’s Day, investigators said.

Three men from Lynn, Massachusetts, were arrested on Nov. 1 in connection with the seizure, after agents conducted searches at four Lynn locations and found more than $8 million worth of drugs.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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