BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Police Department announced Wednesday they have made the state’s largest fentanyl seizure.
Last week, police arrested Cendy Sammy Keophimanh , 42, after search warrants led to the seizure of various guns and drugs.
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As part of the ongoing investigation, authorities conducted another search warrant at a location on Vermillion Drive and seized 181 pounds of fentanyl with Para-Fluorofentanyl analogues. According to the police, some also contained heroin.
The DEA defined a fentanyl analogue as “a substance intended for human consumption that is substantially similar in its chemical makeup and effects to fentanyls already listed in Schedule I.”
Detectives also seized a money counter, an air hydraulic shop press, 42-kilogram stamps, Adderall and Xanax.
BRPD said Keophimanh is also now charged with the following:
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule II (Adderall).
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule IV (Alprazolam).
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule I (Para-fluorofentanyl).
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule I (Heroin).
- Possession with intent to distribute Schedule II (Fentanyl).