Below are the latest news articles mentioning heroin, fentanyl, Narcan, opioid or overdose from all the local Cape Cod news sources. Most of these stories should be related to recent heroin related arrests, heroin or fentanyl overdoses, opioid addiction and the use of Narcan on Cape Cod.
ABOVE: A marked Barnstable Police unit, lights and sirens activated, passes HN on Old Stage Road in an effort to intercept the Sandwich Police pursuit. [with HN overlay] SANDWICH, MASSSACHUSETTS — A Sandwich police officer initiated a high-speed pursuit Saturday evening that began in Sandwich,…
DENNIS – From Yarmouth Police: Yarmouth Police Detectives, through a collaborative effort with the Dennis Police Department, executed a search warrant Tuesday night at a Mayfair Road residence in Dennis. Upon executing the search warrant, Detectives uncovered multiple bags of crack cocaine weighing…
YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — A Barnstable County grand jury has indicted a 29-year-old West Yarmouth man on two counts of manslaughter for his role in the fatal overdoses of two men at Englewood Beach last October. Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced today that the grand…
YARMOUTH – From the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office: Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced today that a Barnstable County Grand Jury returned indictments on June 12, 2026, against Malik Franklin, 29 years old, of W. Yarmouth for his role in the deaths…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — In a stunning repeat performance that has Cape Cod law enforcement shaking their heads, 34-year-old Alex Fraga — the same Hyannis man who pleaded guilty in federal court in 2017 to flooding the region with deadly fentanyl and heroin — was arrested Friday with more than…
ABOVE: Speaking with his sergeant, a BPD patrolman uses his fingers to illustrate the size of the suspected bag of drugs swallowed by the driver. HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A 55-year-old Weymouth man is facing drug charges after he…
EAST FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS – March 23, 2026 — In a swift pre-dawn operation, Falmouth police arrested a local man they say was running a fentanyl trafficking operation out of his Central Avenue home, seizing more than 150 grams of the deadly synthetic opioid along with cash and packaging gear.…
FALMOUTH – From Falmouth Police: A Falmouth resident was taken into custody early Monday morning following the execution of a search warrant at his home, where authorities seized more than 150 grams of fentanyl and related drug paraphernalia. According to the Falmouth Police Department, officers…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – What began as a tragic overdose death on Cape Cod last fall has unraveled a sprawling narcotics network, culminating in a multi-agency raid that netted two more key players in a cocaine trafficking ring—building on an earlier arrest sparked by a bungled car theft that accidentally…
BARNSTABLE – From the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office: Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois and Barnstable Police Chief Jeanne Challies announced Friday that on March 12, 2026, after a month’s long investigation by multiple towns, 62 -year-old, William Sarnie,…
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SANDWICH – Heavy delays were reported on Route 6 westbound between Chase Road and Quaker Meetinghouse…
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DENNIS – A natural gas line was struck by a contractor in Dennis Monday morning. Firefighters responded…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — Shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, Barnstable Police officers and a Hyannis…
If you didn’t know it was there you’d probably never know it was. The paved road unexpectedly turned…
ABOVE: Yarmouth police pulled over to check on a barefoot woman walking down Route 28 during the wee…
BREWSTER – From Brewster Police: Route 39 in Brewster (South Orleans Road) is currently closed…
