Two men from Georgia and Boston are facing several drug charges after police executed a search warrant at a Norton Street home in Dorchester on Wednesday.

The Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 79, imposing harsher penalties for fentanyl possession. Supporters cite its deadly impact, while critics warn it criminalizes addiction. The bill now moves to the

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than morphine, has become increasingly prevalent in the illegal drug trade.

The Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force and the ACCPD recovered drugs and detained three residents from Athens, GA.

A Georgia woman was arrested Wednesday, accused of providing fentanyl to an inmate inside the Oconee County Detention Center, according to officials.

ATLANTA — People caught with more than four grams of deadly fentanyl could spend 10 to 35 years in prison. The Georgia State Senate voted to toughen those penalties on Wednesday. Just over a ...

Office of the Lt. Governor Burt Jones Today, the “Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act” passed out of the Senate with bi-partisan support and will now head to the House for consideration. Senate Bill 79,

Two people have been arrested after a shooting incident in McCormick County. Anyone with an extra $1.8 million can now seize the “rare opportunity” to own and operate a “thriving” nudist resort in northeast Georgia.

Matthew Alexander, 34, of Rockford is charged with drug-induced homicide. On July 28, 2024, Rockford police responded to the 1100 block of Van Wie Ave. where a 15-year-old was found dead. An autopsy showed the cause of death was the adverse effects of heroin and fentanyl.

A traffic stop in Claremont on Tuesday afternoon resulted in the seizure of 134.9 grams of methamphetamine and 0.6 grams of fentanyl.

A 32-year-old Renton resident was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 13 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking ring connected to Aryan prison gangs. Shawn Ellis was one of over two dozen people arrested on federal charges in March 2023 when federal agents moved in following a two-year investigation of drug trafficking activities,