Drug Users Warned How To Spot Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

YONKERS, NY — In an urgent public safety alert, the Yonkers Police Department is warning heroin users to watch out for a potentially deadly batch of heroin with a specific packaging.

Cops say the heroin has been linked to several overdoses. The fentanyl-laced heroin is being purchased in the Bronx and has so far come in small plastic containers like the one pictured.

Although the public is being reminded not to take unprescribed or illegal drugs, the police are advising those who ignore this admonishment to be on the lookout for this particularly dangerous batch of heroin.

In March, the police department warned the public about a batch of possibly fentanyl-laced cocaine. In this case the drugs resulted in at least six serious overdoses. All six victims were taken to the hospital. One of the overdose victims later died.

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