Sheriff's Deputy Treated After Touching Fentanyl-Laced Flyer

HOUSTON, TX -- A Harris County Sheriff's deputy is being treated at an area hospital after she came into contact with the power synthetic opiate known as fentanly.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the deputy came into contact with the drug when she removed a flyer that had been placed on her car while it was parked at the Harris County Sheriff's Office at 601 Lockwood.

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Officials said the deputy removed the flyer and was driving home at about 1 p.m. when she started to feel ill and drove herself to an area hospital.

"As a result of that, we quickly began a follow up investigation on the flyers themselves," Gonzalez said.

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One of those flyers, along with the flyer the deputy touched, were positive for fentanyl.

Investigators said the flyers were placed on other vehicles in the parking lot.

According to a Tweet from the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the flyers were addressed to law enforcement officials and fire fighters and were allegedly from an organization called TargetedJustice.com, an anti-government website.

"We are on high alert at this time...," Gonzalez said. "We don't know if this was intended to target law enforcement or perhaps it was randomly placed here."

The investigation is being conducted by the Harris County Sheriff's Office and the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office.

"We are going to take this matter very seriously," he said.

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