OAK GROVE, Missouri (KMBC) — An Oak Grove Ok-9 officer and his handler found what’s believed to be roughly 5 grams of pure fentanyl.
Officer Andy Anderson and his canine Merlin, a virtually 7-year-old Belgian Malinois, made the bust final Wednesday at an Oak Grove enterprise.
The seizure was introduced final week on Merlin’s Fb web page.
Anderson stated Merlin is skilled to detect marijuana, meth, cocaine, and heroin.
He stated Merlin gave a constructive hit on the substance discovered, however discovering pure fentanyl was sudden.
Primarily based on Merlin’s Fb publish, the quantity recovered is sufficient to kill about 5000 folks or greater than half the city of Oak Grove.
“I’ve been making an attempt for years for the town to present him a paycheck, they gained’t pay him,” Anderson quipped.
The devastation fentanyl has prompted to space households is immeasurable.
Jake Hatfield, Shawn Dewey and his cousin Katie Kennedy and Gabrielle Smith Thomas all thought they had been taking authorized drugs.
All of them had been of their twenties, and every one in every of them died immediately and unexpectedly of fentanyl poisoning.
Anderson stated any treatment not prescribed by a doctor and purchased by way of a pharmacy can pose a threat.
He stated some drugs may not trigger an issue, however others might be laced with a deadly dose of fentanyl.
Merlin’s Ok-9 Unit was doable because of group donations of about $14,000.
Within the 5 years the unit has operated, Oak Grove Police estimate Anderson and Merlin have confiscated roughly $750,000 in unlawful medicine.
“He’s my greatest good friend. I’m with him greater than I’m my spouse and my son. It’s undoubtedly the very best police job I’ve ever had,” Anderson stated about Merlin and their work collectively.
A person is in custody after the fentanyl bust Wednesday.
His title isn’t being publicly launched as a result of the investigation is ongoing.