100,000 Fentanyl Pills Found in NC Gang Member's Suitcase

100,000 fentanyl pills found in NC gang member's suitcase

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Enough fentanyl to kill not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of people was seized from a Raleigh man's suitcase. According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, 30-year-old Shakeim Weeks was arrested after returning to North Carolina from making a "resupply trip" to Arizona on June 7, 2024. Law enforcement searched his suitcase, where approximately 100,000 fentanyl pills were found stuffed into Lego box pa…

North Carolina gang member stored fentanyl in Lego boxes in cross-country drug trade

Authorities said Shakeim Weeks was a member of the United Blood Nation gang.

Authorities: Raleigh gang member stored fentanyl in Lego boxes in cross-country drug trade

The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced a Raleigh gang member to 14 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl pills in eastern North Carolina and throughout the country.

Gang member sentenced to 14 years for fentanyl trafficking

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) -- A Raleigh gang member was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for conspiring to traffic fentanyl pills in the Eastern North Carolina area.  On June 7, 2024, Shakeim Weeks, age 30, was arrested when law enforcement found approximately 100,000 fentanyl pills, weighing approximately 11 kilograms, in Week’s suitcase when he returned to North Carolina from a resupply trip to Arizona.  Weeks pled guilty on February 27, …

Authorities warn new drug combo makes fentanyl even more lethal - Vian Tenkiller

A new and increasingly dangerous drug combination is raising alarm among law enforcement and public health officials across the country. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has reported a surge in the presence of medetomidine, a powerful veterinary sedative, being mixed with fentanyl, making an already deadly opioid crisis even more perilous.