Police seize fentanyl, arrest felon outdoors north Austin sport room – KEYE TV CBS Austin

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Police arrested a person on a number of felony fees after seizing 17.5 grams of fentanyl and a handgun outdoors a north Austin sport room.
Matthew Evans, 38, was apprehended on Tuesday, July 2, at roughly 3:40 p.m. close to the intersection of I-35 and East Braker Lane, based on an Austin Police Division affidavit.
Officers from the division's North Metro Tactical Unit had been conducting a patrol within the space as a result of elevated narcotics exercise. They acknowledged Evans leaving the sport room and confirmed he had an excellent felony warrant for a parole violation, court docket doc mentioned.
Upon arrest, Evans knowledgeable officers he had narcotics and a firearm in his possession. A search yielded a number of plastic baggage containing suspected fentanyl powder, counterfeit oxycodone capsules, a Springfield Armory handgun, and drug paraphernalia together with a digital scale and empty plastic baggage.
The affidavit states the quantity of fentanyl seized is 175 instances that of a median consumer dose, main officers to consider Evans supposed to distribute the drug.
Evans faces fees of possession of a managed substance with intent to distribute and illegal carrying of a firearm by a felon. He has a previous felony conviction for drug possession in Llano County from 2021.
The sport room location is understood to regulation enforcement as a excessive drug trafficking space, the affidavit famous.

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