{"id":429493,"date":"2026-10-16T13:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429493\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:46:09","slug":"undercover-operations-lead-to-arrest-of-fort-myers-man-for-methamphetamine-and-fentanyl-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429493\/","title":{"rendered":"Undercover Operations Lead to Arrest of Fort Myers Man for Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792158368_195_News-Release-Header-NEW-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAPE CORAL, FL \u2014 Following an extensive investigation into street-level illicit drug distribution, detectives with the Cape Coral Police Department Narcotics Unit arrested 20-year-old Blake Alexander Riollano (DOB: 07\/13\/2006) of Fort Myers on multiple felony drug charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation began after detectives received information about suspected street-level narcotics distribution in Cape Coral. As part of the investigation, detectives conducted undercover narcotics operations throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation culminated during a controlled operation when Cape Coral Police Department Detectives and SWAT Officers moved in to arrest Riollano after he sold trafficking-amounts of fentanyl to undercover detectives. Riollano was transported to Lee County Jail and charged with the following:<\/p>\n<p>F.S.S. 893.135 (1)(f)(1) \u2013 Trafficking in Methamphetamine, 1 Count (1st Degree Felony)F.S.S. 893.13 (1)(a)(2) \u2013 Possession with Intent to Sell Schedule II to wit: Methamphetamine, 1 Count (2nd Degree Felony)F.S.S. 893.135 (1)(c)(4)(a) \u2013 Trafficking in Fentanyl, 1 Count (1st Degree Felony)F.S.S. 893.13 (1)(a)(2) \u2013 Possession with Intent to Sell Schedule II to wit: Fentanyl, 1 Count (2nd Degree Felony)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/NR-Mugshot-Template-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"NR Mugshot Template\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, FL \u2014 Following an extensive investigation into street-level illicit drug distribution, detectives with the Cape Coral&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-429493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}