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Bags of fentanyl discovered beneath ‘trap floor’ of NYC daycare centre

Plastic bags of fentanyl are displayed on a table at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois [File: Joshua Lott/Reuters]

The owners of a New York City daycare centre where a toddler died and three others were sickened by opioid exposure last week were hiding bags of fentanyl beneath a trap door in the children’s play area, police say.

New York City detectives were executing a search warrant on the Bronx apartment on Thursday when they found the narcotics, including a large quantity of fentanyl and other paraphernalia concealed by plywood and tile flooring. Photos shared by police showed bags full of powder inside the “trap floor” a few steps away from a shelf of children’s toys.

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