(Guthrie Co) Criminal charges are pending after suspected counterfeit pills were located in a Bayard recovery center.
The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says on February 7th, at approximately 12:15 p.m., Panora EMS and Deputies were called to St. Gregory’s Recovery Center in Bayard on a report of two individuals experiencing a medical emergency. After investigation, a search warrant was executed at St. Gregory’s Recovery Center. During the execution of the search warrant, suspected counterfeit pills were located within the facility. The counterfeit pills are believed to contain fentanyl.
The recovered pills have been sent to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations Laboratory in Ankeny and the matter remains under investigation.
As a public service announcement, the Sheriff’s Office says no one should ever take a pill or capsule they did not directly receive from a doctor’s office or pharmacy. Counterfeit pills laced with deadly drugs like fentanyl are increasingly present in Guthrie County and all residents should know that “one pill can kill”.
