Utah man arrested for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced marijuana

SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah — A person was arrested Friday close to Park Metropolis after police say they traced marijuana laced with fentanyl again to him.

The Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace stated they acquired a report Friday morning from a person who had an “hostile well being response” to some marijuana he smoked, and he stated he believed it could have been laced with one thing.

Based on court docket paperwork, the person turned the marijuana in, and police carried out a “presumptive check” of the product that “indicated the presence of Fentanyl.”

Deputies stated they decided the suspected vendor to be 25-year-old Brooks Tyler Glisson of Silver Summit.

Officers noticed Glisson driving close to Park Metropolis, pulled him over for a site visitors infraction, then took him into custody after a search of his car turned up a small container of a “inexperienced leafy substance.” The search was performed after a Ok-9 indicated constructive for the presence of medication in his car in the course of the site visitors cease.

The arresting officer informed Glisson that some marijuana he allegedly offered was constructive for fentanyl and knowledgeable him of his Miranda Rights, after which he consented to talk with the officer.

Glisson informed police he had picked up about one ounce of marijuana from somebody within the Salt Lake space a few month and a half in the past. He stated he didn’t know who that particular person was. Glisson additionally claimed he had solely offered marijuana to at least one individual.

When requested if he had any extra marijuana at his house, Glisson stated he didn’t. He was then requested if he would consent to a search of his house, to which he declined. A search warrant was then obtained, and police stated they discovered plastic baggies, a digital scale, paraphernalia, and a “giant jar with a inexperienced leafy substance in it.”

Glisson was booked on one rely of distributing a managed substance and one rely of possessing drug paraphernalia. He additionally faces one misdemeanor “open container” cost after an open bottle of liquor was present in his car.

He has not been formally charged within the court docket system as of Friday. The preliminary arrest report didn’t specify whether or not the contents of the jar examined constructive for fentanyl, nor did it state whether or not Glisson was conscious that the product was allegedly laced.

Fentanyl is an artificial opioid that’s generally blended with different medication to extend efficiency, however doing so is extraordinarily harmful as it might probably additionally trigger overdoses extra simply. The DEA says it’s 50-100 instances stronger than morphine.

“When you discover somebody having medical problems, search rapid medical consideration,” the Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace wrote in a press launch. “Neighborhood companions, together with Park Metropolis Fireplace District and Intermountain Park Metropolis Hospital, have been notified of the damaging medication present in our group.”

The Park Metropolis Faculty District later issued a press launch informing mother and father concerning the “Public Security Alert” from the sheriff’s workplace relating to the invention and arrest. The district repeated a lot of the identical info and cautionary recommendation because the sheriff’s workplace however added some substance abuse prevention suggestions for folks.