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Search of parolee’s home yields fentanyl pills with street value of $55,000

narcotic for the purpose of sales

Law enforcement officials seized more than 5,550 fentanyl M-30 pills during a search Wednesday of a parolee’s residence in the 1700 block of Forest Street.

 Photo courtesy of the Kern County Probation Department

Officers with the Kern County Probation Department seized several thousand fentanyl pills while checking on a parolee Wednesday at his home in central Bakersfield.

A department news release said Leo Espinoza had more than 5,550 M-30 fentanyl pills with a street value of about $55,000 at his residence in the 1700 block of Forest Street. It said he was charged with possession of a narcotic for the purpose of sales.

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