Montgomery County Minor Found with 400+ Fentanyl Pills as Drug Epidemic Entangles Youths

A 16-year-old individual was apprehended by Montgomery County Police after being found in possession of a substantial amount of narcotics, specifically more than 400 fentanyl pills; this incident adds to the ongoing concerns about drug distribution involving minors. On the afternoon of November 1, during a focused investigation by the county’s 4th District Special Assignment Team, two suspects were detained in the Glenmont neighborhood on Georgian Wood Place, involving a transaction that seemed to be drug-related, according to the

Montgomery County Department of Police

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This operation led to the arrest of both the buyer, an 18-year-old from Riverdale, and the 16-year-old suspect, resulting in a concerning discovery, wherein the latter was carrying 432 “M30” pills identified as likely fentanyl, along with cash and packaging indicative of intent to distribute these dangerous substances, reflecting a grave scenario of youth entanglement in the perilous drug trade. The older individual was also found to have 13 of the same type of suspected fentanyl pills, according to the department.

Following the arrest, the 16-year-old was taken to the 4th District Station and later handed over to the Department of Juvenile Services for the appropriate charges and released to their guardian, the specifics of the juvenile justice process, as it often does, shrouded in privacy due to the age of the accused, according to the county’s protocol for handling minor offenders. Meanwhile, the situation for the18-year-old was handled quite differently, facing immediate charges and further legal processing indicative of the grimmer reality for legal adults caught in the web of the law.

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