San Francisco police have arrested four suspects, recovered multiple firearms, and seized over 20,000 counterfeit pills—some containing cychlorphine, a new synthetic drug that is up to 10 times stronger than fentanyl.
The arrests resulted from a months-long investigation that started with the fatal overdose of a San Francisco teenager, according to San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Chief Derrick Lew on Monday.
SFPD opened its investigation after officers responded on April 7 to a home on Bush Street, where a mother had found her teenage son deceased due to a suspected overdose.
Officers from the narcotics unit collected evidence, including what appeared to be pharmaceutical medication, to determine the source of the pills, SFPD said in a statement….