In recent years, law enforcement agencies throughout North Idaho have seized large amounts of "Mexi Blue" fentanyl pills, like those pictured here, from suspected drug traffickers. A new law would create mandatory minimum sentences in Idaho for trafficking fentanyl. These pills were among an estimated 400 seized during an August 2023 police raid in Pinehurst.
January 24, 2024
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January 24, 2024 1:07 a.m.
Fentanyl trafficking sentence bill heads to House
Bill would impose mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking the drug
A bill that would impose mandatory minimum sentences for people convicted of trafficking fentanyl is heading to the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives for a vote, where it already has the support to pass.