COLBERT COUNTY, Ala – (WDNews) – In a significant drug bust, Colbert County Drug Task Force agents stopped a vehicle in Sheffield, Ala leading to the discovery of 2,692 fentanyl pills.
The driver, 22-year-old Rylee Jeane Burkett, consented to a vehicle search, during which agents found a brown box containing a sealed plastic bag filled with the pills.
Burkett was arrested and charged with drug trafficking, and is currently held at the Colbert County Jail on a $350,000 bond.
This incident underscores the ongoing efforts of law enforcement to combat the distribution of fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid linked to numerous overdose deaths nationwide.
