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.
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — (HN video notes) – A hidden Apple AirTag on a valuable stump grinder proved pivotal in a swift recovery operation by Massachusetts State Police, leading to the seizure of suspected narcotics and the custody of two men in a Hyannis parking lot. The incident unfolded shortly…
HYANNIS – The towns of Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Harwich and Orleans are collaborating on a series of listening sessions to determine how to best-use opioid settlement funding. Towns across the U.S. have signed onto settlements in the last several years which have earned payouts from drug companies…
OSTERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS – [Based on a Barnstable PD media statement] – An Osterville resident has been arrested following a multi-month investigation into his alleged role as a key supplier of fentanyl and cocaine across Barnstable and neighboring communities. Eric Brando, 33, of Osterville,…
OSTERVILLE – From Barnstable Police: Over the past several months the Barnstable Police Department Detective Unit has been investigating 33 year old Eric Brando of Osterville and his role as a source of both Fentanyl and Cocaine in Barnstable and the surrounding communities. As a result of this…
Beyond that which is “reasonable and proper,” Cape Cod’s veneer of postcard perfection cracks wide open every single day and night. These following HN photos capture just a sliver – maybe only 5% – of the daily chaos here: mangled metal on our unhinged roadways, crime born of desperation and…
Enforcement operation targeted criminal alien offenders during the month of September BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — [ICE MEDIA STATEMENT] — ICE and federal law enforcement partners apprehended more than 1,400 illegal aliens during a weeks-long immigration enforcement operation focusing…
Above HN photos: In the pre-dawn hours of October 13, 2025, Barnstable Police patrol officers brave torrential rain as they rush toward a potentially volatile scene inside a Hyannis hotel room. The call came in around 4:00 a.m. via a 911 text from a woman reporting an assault, stating she was…
NANTUCKET – Nantucket’s health department has begun testing the island’s wastewater for certain drugs and viruses to get a better sense of community needs, and the initial results are in. The island reportedly has a 50 percent higher than national average use of cocaine. Meanwhile, methamphetamine…
BARNSTABLE – The state recognizes International Overdose Awareness Day Sunday, including recognition on Cape Cod. All Barnstable County facilities are flying flags at half-staff today in honor of the day. The state annually observes the day representing all those who died as a result of overdose.…
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