‘Flying Fentanyl': Marin speeding suspects caught throwing drugs on Hwy 101: CHP

( KRON ) — Despite being an initial traffic stop for speeding, the California Highway Patrol in Marin said they arrested four suspects on Highway 101 for possessing a large cache of drugs on Friday. CHP said the drugs recovered — reportedly thrown out of the car window and onto the highway — equated to over 4,000 fatal overdoses.

Early Friday morning, two CHP Marin officers patrolling US-101 attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a car for speeding. While being pulled over, the occupants “thought it would be a good idea to start throwing bags out of the window, hoping officers wouldn’t notice,” CHP said.

Once the suspects pulled over, CHP said they retraced the car’s route and found the following:

• 8.3 grams of fentanyl
• 1.9 grams of methamphetamine
• 7.9 grams of heroin
• 45.9 grams of cocaine
• 2.5 grams of psilocybin
• Three Xanax pills

The four occupants in the car were arrested for possession of drugs with the intent to sell.

CHP commented the following: “Looking at the bags of fentanyl may cause people to think “it’s not that much,” but when just two milligrams of the drug can be fatal to an adult, these small bags pack enough potency to lead to over 4,100 overdoses.”

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