The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office said it was the first time the drug had been seen in the region, describing it as 'a bit of a rare find for us' and sharing photos of it to social media.
A local police department in Louisiana has warned the public about a deadly drug cocktail known as"gray death" the department seized in recent arrests.
of the substance to Facebook. The agency has warned the drug is so powerful that citizens should avoid even touching it."You don't want to touch this. If at all possible you don't even want to put it on your hands," police spokesperson David Spencer toldThe drug is considered particularly dangerous because it typically contains a mixture of carfentanil, heroin and fentanyl, often at unknown quantities.
In solid form gray death has the appearance of concrete. It can be ingested by various methods, including injection, smoking and snorting. Fentanyl is considered up to 100 times more powerful than morphine. Carfentanil reaches 10,000 times the potency, according to Healthline.
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