A man accused of selling fentanyl-laced pills from a farmers market produce stand in metro Atlanta appeared in federal court Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Federal prosecutors say Luis Sanchez-Acevedo, 41, a citizen of Mexico who is illegally in the United States, is charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl after investigators linked him to thousands of deadly counterfeit pills sold in Forest Park, Georgia.
According to court documents, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration learned Sanchez-Acevedo was allegedly selling fake “M-30” pills that contained fentanyl and xylazine, a powerful animal tranquilizer also known on the street as “tranq.”…