SAN FRANSICO, Calif. (FOX26) — An investigation into a new drug that killed a teen led to the arrest of 4 people and the seizure of 20,000 pills in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Police Department made 4 arrests after a months-long investigation following the death of a 16-year-old teen from a drug overdose on a suspected new drug called cychlorphine.
Officials say that cychlorphine is stronger than fentanyl.
The investigation started back in April when officers received a call from a mother who found her son dead from a suspected drug overdose.
Officers collected evidence, which included apparent pharmaceutical medications, and began an investigation to determine the source of the pills.
On September 8th, Officers conducted a search of a home in the 700 block of O’Farrell Street.
There, they contacted 46-year-old Nicholas Wallace and 44-year-old Sharonee Hyson.
Officers located 34 suspected oxycodone pills, cocaine, and a loaded gun.
Both were arrested without incident.
The next day, they searched two more homes.
They contacted 46-year-old Leander Pitts and 39-year-old Star Lamare at the residences.
The search also resulted in the seizure of 20,000 pills of suspected counterfeit Xanax, oxycodone, hydrocodone, cyclobenzaprine, and other deadly narcotics, including fentanyl.
The search also resulted in the discovery of 68.5 grams of MDMA, 6.5 grams of black tar heroin, a semi-automatic assault rifle, a semi-automatic pistol, and $2,267 in cash.
They were arrested without incident.
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All four of them have been booked in the San Francisco County Jail on numerous charges, including possession for sale of narcotics and firearm charges.
Officers tested counterfeit pills seized from earlier investigations and found some that contained cyclorphine.
The SFPD is currently working with the federal Food and Drug Administration to determine if any of the counterfeit pills seized this month contain cychlorphine.