According to ABC 6 in Providence, New Bedford police arrested two people earlier this week for trafficking nearly 600 grams of fentanyl. Investigators searched a home on Nash Road on Monday and found a toolbox full of drugs and other items. Inside were 33 plastic bags of fentanyl pills, weighing over 350  grams, with 11 plastic bags filled with fentanyl, weighing over 230 grams. Also included were cutting tools, digital scales, drug ledger, and three cell phones. 

Police said that they arrested the owner of the home, 44-year-old Kenny Gonzalez, and charged him with trafficking 200 grams or more of fentanyl, possession to distribute a class A drug, conspiracy to violate the drug law, and a career criminal act- violent crime or serious drug. Gonzalez’s girlfriend, 33-year-old Iliana Sanchez-Pagan, was also arrested and charged with trafficking 200 grams or more of fentanyl/morphine/opium, conspiracy to violate the drug law, and a warrant arrest.