KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Four people people from Michigan and one from Knoxville are facing felony charges after a “major fentanyl bust” resulted in more than two-and-a-half pounds of pure fentanyl being seized early Sunday morning.
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office released information about the bust Sunday, saying the the KCSO Narcotics Unit, with the assistance of the Organized Retail Crime Unit and SWAT, executed a search warrant on Silver Spur Lane, off of Lovell Road.
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Inside the home, investigators found and seized more than two-and-a-half pounds of pure fentanyl, cutting agents, two handguns and more than $10,000 in cash. The sheriff’s office said the amount seized would be more than 4,500 doses of fentanyl, which is valued at over half a million dollars.
“One of the suspects summed it up with: ‘Am I in trouble?’ Yes. You are,” the sheriff’s office said in their release…