Two arrested in Cedar Park in connection with fentanyl distribution
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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CEDAR PARK, Texas - Two men have been arrested in connection with an investigation into the distribution of fentanyl after a number of overdoses in Cedar Park and the surrounding region.
The Cedar Park Police Department says that the fentanyl was being distributed by drug dealers as illicit prescription pills in the form of oxycodone. During the investigation, several supply sources were identified and arrested. (Cedar Park Police Department)
Cedar Park police say that 30-year-old Joshua Lee Riffel and 38-year-old Aaron Robert Combs were arrested as part of an operation on Feb. 26. Search warrants were executed at Riffel s home in Cedar Park and Combs home in Austin and both were taken into custody on drug charges.
Two arrested as Cedar Park police seize fentanyl pills, illegal firearms
Detectives began investigating the distribution of fentanyl in the Cedar Park area in early 2020, after several overdoses in the region, police said. Author: Jeff Bell Updated: 6:34 PM CST March 3, 2021
CEDAR PARK, Texas Two people have been arrested after Cedar Park police and the Austin DEA seized 1,675 suspected fentanyl-laced pills, methamphetamine, marijuana and suspected illegal firearms in an operation last month.
The Cedar Park Police Organized Crime Unit said Joshua Lee Riffel, 31, and Aaron Robert Combs, 39, were arrested the morning of Feb. 26 after search warrants executed at Riffel’s Cedar Park home and Combs’ Austin home.