Daren Reese, 45, a suspected key supplier of fentanyl spiked heroin which has killed more than two hundred people from Detroit, Chicago to Phladelphia, was arraigned on Saturday with possession of weapons and illegal drugs.

(Arraigned = to call a defendant before a court to answer to an indictment, charge)

Reese is charged with four counts of delivering and manufacturing a controlled substance and two of carrying a weapon and body armor. Reese is from Detroit. He is in custody at Wayne County Jail.

Reese was arrested last Thursday as he attempted to sell the fentanyl/heroin cocktail, known as ?Magic’ or ?A-1′. He was carrying 80 packets of the stuff.

Reese’s laywer, Paul Curtis, accused the authorities of using him as a scapegoat. As such little progress has been made in the investigation, he accuses authorities of closing in on Reese to show that they are combating the fentanyl scare effectively.

An undercover deputy pretended to buy the spiked heroin from another person. He was also arrested. The police have not released his name.

Reese’s arrest, say police, comes as a result of information from a woman who took the heroin/fentanyl dose, and managed to survive.

Reese and the unnamed suspect were selling the cocktail from the Jeffries housing project, just north of downtown Detroit. Apparently, they were working separately, say police.

What is Fentanyl?

Fentanyl is an extremely powerful painkiller available only on prescription.

It is used for ?breakthrough’ episodes of cancer pain. ?Breakthrough pain’ is a pain that flares up and breaks through the medication used by cancer patients for continuous pain. It is 80 times more powerful than morphine.

Fentanyl is one of many narcotic analgesics. Transmucosal fentanyl is used by patients who are already on narcotic analgesics.

Addicts seeking heroin should avoid this deadly cocktail at all costs. Tragically, when the police told herion addicts to steer clear of certain street corners where the cocktail had been sold, rather than move away they gathered there in the hope of collecting freebies.

Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today