8,500 fentanyl pills in Grand Rapids storage shed brings prison

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A traffic stop involving a Porche in southern Michigan led police to a Grand Rapids storage unit where nearly two pounds of illegal fentanyl pills were found, and now the man renting the unit is heading to prison.

A federal judge this week sentenced 52-year-old Rene Arnold Ruiz to 16 years in prison. It is not unfamiliar territory; Ruiz has been to prison several times for drug-related crimes.

Federal prosecutors say the fentanyl pills seized from the storage unit on 28th Street SE were designed to look like prescription Oxycodone…

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