The Massachusetts legislature has a bill to create special locations for the use of intravenous drugs by addicts. The locations would be a 'safe space.'
Longtime New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes has led the City Council to a unanimous vote in opposition to 'safe injection sites' for illegal drug users.
New Bedford Police arrested three adults and one juvenile in two separate fentanyl trafficking cases, with almost 600 grams of fentanyl and over $4,600 seized.
A 47-year-old Fall River repeat offender arrested in 2017 for trafficking fentanyl was sentenced to serve two-and-a-half years to four years in state prison.