Crime & Safety

New Haven Woman, 43, Found With 21+ Grams Of Fentanyl, Charged: NHPD

Wednesday, NHPD detectives learned ​she was in the Hill, selling narcotics from her car and when stopped, had 100 wax folds of fentanyl: PD

Bianca Daniels, 43, was charged with possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with the intent to sell and released on $10,000 bond.
Bianca Daniels, 43, was charged with possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with the intent to sell and released on $10,000 bond. (Ellyn Santiago/Patch)

NEW HAVEN, CT — In late February, West Haven police arrested a woman selling narcotics, officials said. When arrested, police said Bianca Daniels, 43, had in her possession 496 bags of fentanyl and 11.5 grams of crack cocaine.

Late Wednesday morning, New Haven police detectives "developed information," that Daniels was selling narcotics from her car in the Hill neighborhood, according to a NHPD post on "X."

Her vehicle was located on Cedar Street between Carlisle and Portsea streets by detectives doing "obvious hand-to-hand drug transactions," police said. The vehicle was stopped on Prince Street with Daniels at the wheel and police said she was "again found to be in possession of a large amount of narcotics having 100 wax folds of fentanyl weighing over 21 grams with several hundred dollars in cash."

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Daniels was charged with possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with the intent to sell and released on $10,000 bond.

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