KINGSTON, Jamaica – Swift action by detectives at the Kingston Western CIB resulted in the arrest and charge of a suspect one week after a murder. Charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition and making use of a firearm to commit a felony is Dequan Scott, 24, from Hill Crescent, Kingston 7. Scott is charged with the killing of 24-year-old Mark French from East Road.
A Buncombe County man was arrested April 1 and charged with drug trafficking, possession and more after he was found with fentanyl, meth, marijuana, cash and a pistol, just a few months after an earlier arrest on similar charges.
Demarcus Dequan Scott of Buncombe County was in possession of 90.6 grams of fentanyl, 7.5 grams of methamphetamine, 15.1 grams of marijuana, $14,253 in U.S currency when he was arrested April 1, according to the Buncombe County Sheriff s Office.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, fentanyl is synthetic opioid up to 100 times more powerful than morphine.
The U.S Drug Enforcement Agency says just two milligrams, or 0.002 grams, constitutes a lethal dose, equal to about a few grains of salt, meaning the 90.6 grams Scott was arrested with represent 45,300 lethal doses.