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The man, who was caught bringing drugs back into Louisiana, will face up to 20 years in prison.

A former owner of ZZ's Kitchen in Abbeville, Louisiana, has been convicted for using his restaurant to store and deal fentanyl in the area.

A man and a woman from Eunice who were arrested and indicted in 2022 for the death of a 17-year-old who had ingested a lethal amount of fentanyl have now been indicted on the arresting charge.

Louisiana is No. 3 in the country when it comes to the fatal overdose rate.

A drug bust in Lafayette has taken enough fentanyl and heroin off the streets that could have taken numerous lives. The man accused of being in possession of them is now behind bars.

These parishes are the top five for opioid distribution in Louisiana. This proves that opioid misuse is not just a "big city" issue. Many of Louisiana's smaller parishes are dealing with a very potent situation as well.

The building was evacuated as a precaution and a state police hazmat team arrived at the scene.

A multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of 131 people and the seizure of 26 pounds of fentanyl in Slidell.

In a new report issued by the DEA, the state of Arizona has become the hub for fentanyl smuggling with 51.4% of all the fentanyl entering the U.S.

A new investigative report shows that Mexican drug cartels are using pharmacies to push fentanyl-laced drugs on unsuspecting tourists.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - Two men - one from Jennings and the other from Lake Charles - will each be spending a long time behind bars after U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents tracking a drug ring operating in South Louisiana were able to take a significant amount of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine off the streets. The fe... Read Mor

SHREVEPORT, La. (KPEL News) - A West Monroe man found to be dealing all sorts of illegal drugs across Louisiana and Texas will be spending the next two decades behind bars. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Shreveport says 50-year-old Paul Anthony Lewis had a stash house where agents with the U.S. D...

Police pulled over a vehicle on Sunday and found drug paraphernalia, but no drugs. That is, until the K-9 drug dogs detected drugs around her groin area...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KPEL News) - Tuesday was National Fentanyl Awareness Day. As we all know, fentanyl has devastated the lives of millions of people across the United States of America. It has taken lives way too young and has left families in heartache. ...

Two men have been arrested and one man is still wanted following a drug raid Thursday morning on two homes in the 1300 block of Roper Road in Scott, Louisiana.

BATON ROUGE, La. (KPEL News) - In an overwhelming vote in support of the bill, Louisiana House members of the Administration of Criminal Justice Committee passed Crowley Representative John Stefanski's bill that would give a life sentence for possessing large amounts of fentanyl...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - Four men - three from South Louisiana and one from Baytown, Texas - each received lengthy sentences for their participation in the trafficking of narcotics in the Lake Charles and Lafayette areas. Lake Charles, Louisiana Man Fails to Evade Officers; Officers Find Fentanyl in a Nearby Backyard In November 2020, a patrolling officer with the Lake Charles Police Departmen

A Houma man is in custody for allegedly trafficking major drugs into Panama City Beach, according to law enforcement officials.

There are no pending murder charges in the death of Nathan Millard, and no suspicions of foul play.

Over five pounds of fentanyl, along with other drugs, were discovered in Sunset.