T.J. Jordan, Assistant Director of the TBI's Drug Investigation Division warns the public of deadly fentanyl now being found in cocaine. Fentanyl is typically found in opioids.


A federal grand jury indicted a Nashville man on drug charges after law enforcement seized at least 40 grams of fentanyl. 

Walter Jones, 46, was indicted on charges related to a drug distribution conspiracy, included the possession and intent to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl, said a news release from the U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. 

Jones is also charged with being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. 

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"The quantity of fentanyl seized, 40 grams or more, as alleged in the indictment, is significant enough to have posed a grave danger to the community," said Cochran, in the news release. "In the midst of our nation’s opioid epidemic, had law enforcement not seized these illicit drugs, we could have been dealing with numerous overdoses and deaths." 

A Feb. 21 traffic stop by Metro Nashville police led to Jones' arrest and a search warrant for a storage unit in Antioch. Authorities found drug processing materials, two loaded handguns and additional ammunition, about 10 kilograms of cocaine and three kilograms of heroin during the search. 


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