Fox News rides with Metro Drug Enforcement Network Team in WV

SO FAR NO ARREST. METRO TRANSIT POLICE SAY THEY’RE INVESTIGATING. WELL, FOX NEWS GETTING A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE WAR ON FENTANYL IN A STATE THAT’S GROUND ZERO FOR AMERICA’S OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC WHERE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THE BODY BAGS ARE LINING UP. MIKE TOBIN IS LIVE FROM CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA ON THIS. MIKE, GOOD AFTERNOON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, TRACE. DRUGS LIKE FENTANYL HAVING A DEADLY IMPACT ON RURAL AMERICA. YOU HAVE AGENTS AND OFFICERS ON TASK FORCES HERE TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS LIKE THIS ARE STANDARD TOOLS FOR DRUG COPS. THE INFORMANT IS GIVEN CASH, SENT TO MEET A DEALER AND COME BACK WITH DRUGS. THAT REPEATS. DIFFERENT INFORMANTS, DEALERS, AND SMALL DRUG PURCHASES. PER CAPITA, WEST VIRGINIA LEADS THE NATION FOR DRUG OVERDOSE MORTALITY. FOR EVERY 100,000 PEOPLE, 84 DIE FROM OVERDOSE. ALMOST ALL OF THE DEATHS ARE LINKED TO FENTANYL. CC BROWN KNOWS THE PAIN OF THAT. HER SON, RYAN, DIED OF AN OVERDOSE. >> YOU CAN NEVER TALK TO THEM AGAIN. YOU’LL NEVER HEAR A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. IT IS FOREVER WHEN YOU LOSE A CHILD. >> WORK DONE YET WITH INFORMANTS WAS TO ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE. THERE’S PROBABLY A STASH OF DOPE IN THE HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE WORKING. THEN THEY GO TO THE JUDGE, GET A WARRANT, AND GUYS ON THE TASK FORCE ARE ABOUT TO EXECUTE THE WARRANT. >> POLICE, SEARCH WARRANT. POLICE, SEARCH WARRANT. >> HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACKS. >> THIS RAID NETTED MORE FENTANYL, POT, $5,000 AND A GUN. BIG HAULS ARE RARE HERE. THIS IS THE END OF THE TRAFFICKING ROUTE. WHERE DRUGS HAVE BEEN DIVIDED UP TO SALE WHO JUST MIGHT DIE. >> NOT A FAMILY IN THE AREA NOT TOUCHED BY THIS CRISIS. THAT’S A GUARANTEE. >> USERS DON’T NECESSARILY KNOW THEY’RE BUYING FENTANYL. WHEN THEY WANT OPIATES OR DOWNERS, THEY ASK FOR SLOW, WHEN THEY WANT SPEED, THEY ASK FOR FAST. BUT THEY WANT THE STRONG STUFF AND THAT OFTEN LEADS TO FENTANYL AND FENTANYL OFTEN LEAD TO DEATH. >> TRACE, YOU SAY IT IS THE END OF THE ROAD BUT IT IS NOT THE BIG ROADS THAT GET THERE. YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE EASIER TO CATCH COMING IN. WHAT’S THE MAJOR PROBLEM, IF YOU CAN? >> WELL, THE MAJOR PROBLEM, OF COURSE, IS INTEL. AND FRANKLY, BEYOND THAT, THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS DEMAND. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ADDICTS, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE BUYERS, SOMEONE WILL MEET THAT DEMAND AND MAKE THE MONEY. MOST DRUGS THAT END UP IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY COME FROM DETROIT, IT COMES FROM OHIO, BUT AS

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