COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA: Deputies in Florida arrested a 23-year-old man, Larry Chapman, during a traffic stop on Thursday night, August 24.
Cops found nearly 9.8 grams of fentanyl hidden in a container labeled "Cookies" in his driver's seat back pocket.
They arrested him around 10.15 pm in the Broward Street and Texas Avenue area, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
What was Larry Chapman charged with?
Chapman was arrested and taken into custody. He has been booked into the Collier County jail, and is facing charges of fentanyl trafficking and cocaine possession.
In addition to the fentanyl, deputies discovered almost 10 grams of cocaine in Chapman's car.
"The DEA says 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be deadly; our deputies recovered nearly 10 grams of this lethal drug during this traffic stop,” Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said, per NBC.
He added, "We are out there every day trying to prevent this poison from entering Collier County."
Florida man gets 10-year sentence for methamphetamine possession on August 8
In a similar incident, a Florida man, Ricky Fernando Duckworth, 41, from Jacksonville, has been sentenced to 127 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on August 8, per Newsbreak.
This sentencing was announced by US Attorney Darren J LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the FBI. The verdict was delivered in the US District Court in Gulfport.
On March 19, 2019, investigators conducted an undercover operation and bought methamphetamine from Duckworth in Mississippi.
He was indicted on November 16, 2021, and pleaded guilty on March 28, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
The FBI and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics investigated the case and the prosecution was handled by assistant US Attorney Erica Rose.
This case is part of an operation by Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF).
OCDETF targets high-level drug traffickers and criminal organizations through a multi-agency approach, involving federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to dismantle criminal networks.
