LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) - A New York City man police in Massachusetts say had 33 pounds of the powerful prescription painkiller fentanyl (FEHN’-tuh-nihl) has been held on $2 million bail.
Robinson Rojas-Rosario pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a drug trafficking charge.
Methuen (mih-THOO’-uhn) police say they received a 911 call Monday morning reporting a man getting out of a taxi with a gun.
Upon investigation, police say they found the 32-year-old Rojas-Rosario in the cab with a duffel bag containing the drugs worth an estimated $1.2 million. They didn’t find a gun.
Rojas-Rosario’s attorney did not immediately return a message left at his office.
The arrest came two days after a 10-month-old baby in Methuen was hospitalized after exposure to fentanyl. Police say there is no known connection between the cases.
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