Crime & Safety
3 Arrests Made in Tainted Heroin Case in Norwich
An 18-year-old man died from an apparent overdose and one woman was hospitalized. The drugs were traced to a Norwich hotel.
On Saturday, April 9, Norwich Police responded to two separate heroin overdose incidents, one of which was fatal.
In both cases, the 18-year-old man and 21-year-old woman took heroin contained in white glassine bags stamped with a red-colored ladybug on it.
"Heroin from those bags tested positive for the substance Fentanyl,” Norwich Police said. "The Norwich Police Department would like to caution anyone coming into contact with these bags that they are lethal and further advises that the use of any illegal drug or controlled substance can result in death, especially the use of heroin regardless of the label displayed on the bags in which it is contained.”
Police said the deadly substance is not limited to this packaging only and is responsible for an increase in overdose-related deaths in the area.
3 Arrests Made
Norwich Police released an update the morning of Wednesday, April 13. Three arrests were made as a result of the investigation into Fentanyl-laced heroin.
Arrested were Jonathon Fisher, 34, and Joseph Hirschfeld, 19, both of 28 Summer St., Norwich, and Raymond Belardo, 37, of 58 Noble Hill Road, Oakdale.
The items in the above photographs were seized after a search and seizure warrant was issued for the hotel room that served as the base of the alleged drug operation.
The case was investigated by the Norwich Narcotics Unit and the Regional Community Enhancement Task Force.
Anyone with information on illegal drugs or narcotics is asked to contact the anonymous tip line at (860) 886-5561, ext. 500.
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