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'Baby Yoda' employed as a drug mule in the fentanyl trade

2021-09-07 00:00:00

Tennessee law enforcement has apprehended a 'man from Michigan' carrying his 'Baby Yoda' doll stuffed with fentanyl.

WKRN.com:

Rutherford County Sheriff's Captain Britt Reed said the Fentanyl found inside a Baby Yoda toy was intended to be sold in the county by a man from Michigan.

34-year-old Zave Garry, has now been charged with possession of 176 illegal Fentanyl pills that were made to resemble 30mg tablets of Roxicodone. Roxicodone is a brand name of oxycodone – an opioid pain medication.



Captain Reed said the discovery was made August 27, 2021. At that time Garry was out on bond, accused of a similar crime in Coffee County.
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