TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday that a man who had been evading law enforcement for nearly a decade was arrested and charged with trafficking fentanyl.
The investigation into Lloyd Anton Blair, 48, began in June, when HCSO launched an operation targeting a large fentanyl operation in Hillsborough County. A suspect was initially identified as Eric Barnes, but further investigation revealed that name as a false identity of Blair.
HCSO said Blair is not a U.S. citizen and was previously deported before he illegally reentered the country and evaded federal law enforcement. He stayed off police radars for almost ten years until this investigation. Blair also has an active detainer from the U.S. Marshals for human smuggling…