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.
BOURNE – From Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office: The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration has awarded the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office $3.75 million over five years to provide Medication Assisted Treatment and recovery coaching to people with Opioid Use Disorder…
SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS – A Dennis woman released on personal recognizance after a mid-August drug raid is now being held on a dangerousness finding following a second search that turned up hundreds of grams of fentanyl and cocaine in a South Yarmouth home. Yarmouth Police detectives, working…
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…
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BOURNE – From Bourne Police: On November 1, 2026, at approximately 7:56 a.m., officers from the…
WAREHAM – Firefighters battled a two alarm house fire in Wareham late Sunday morning. Heavy smoke…
BOURNE – Firefighters responding to an alarm activation encountered heavy smoke in a Bourne residence…
HARWICH – A head-on crash was reported about 4:30 PM Saturday in Harwich. The collision at Orleans…
HYANNIS – The Town of Barnstable is advising motorists that paving operations on Mary Dunn Road will…
WATCH: Exclusive Video Shows Armed Thief Kicking Down Door in Pre-Dawn Hyannis Jewelry Heist
YARMOUTH, MA – Motorists traveling through Yarmouth should prepare for significant traffic disruptions…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – In a brazen pre-dawn raid that reeked…
