West Palm Beach’s special police task force called GHOST, which has been operating since 2020, recently busted a fentanyl dealer.
Police say a man, believing he was buying cocaine, actually received fentanyl, resulting in his overdose and consequential death.
Officers went through the man’s phone and saw text messages between him and his dealer.
Officers from GHOST (gang-habitual offender suppression team) sent the dealer, who they said is Kevin Gonzalez, their own text messages.
They asked for Gonzalez to supply them another ounce of “the same stuff,” and “$500 of the pink drug,” which police said Gonzalez agreed to sell.
Court records show when Gonzalez showed up for the deal, GHOST officers greeted him, causing Gonzalez to run.
While running, investigators say Gonzalez ditched a brown paper bag that they later recovered once Gonzalez was under arrest.
In the paper bag, officers found two bags of fentanyl and a bag of “the pink stuff,” methamphetamine.
WPTV