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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco

Two adults charged with dealing fentanyl in Texas schools after 10 teens overdose, three fatally

Carrolton Police Department

Two people have been arrested for distributing fentanyl pills in Texas schools after 10 students suffered overdoses - three of them fatal - in a span of four months.

Luis Eduardo Navarrete, 21, and Magaly Mejia Cano, 29, of Carrollton, have been charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, court documents unsealed last week state. According to an affidavit reviewed by The Independent, Mr Navarrete and Ms Cano distributed fentanyl-laced Percocet and Oxycontin pills to minors in three schools in the Carrollton Farmers Branch Independent School District.

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