An image of the pink packaging that was used to distribute heroin that led to three overdoses, including one fatal, on Feb. 27, 2015 in Falconer and Lakewood, NY.
JAMESTOWN – Jamestown police say there were no additional chemicals in a batch of heroin that resulted in three overdoses last week, including one fatality.
Jamestown Police Captain Robert Samuelson sent out a media release on Wednesday saying that samples of the pink-packaged heroin were tested at the New York State Police Crime Lab and were found to have no other chemicals or agents.
Local police on Friday issued a public health alert after three heroin overdoses took place in less than a day. Two of the overdoses were in Lakewood and the other was in Falconer, which resulted in the accidental death of a female. Police say all three overdoses involved heroin that came in pink packaging.
On Tuesday, more pink-packaged heroin was discovered after two separate drug raids in the city.
According to a report in the Post-Journal, two other samples of the pink-packaged heroin are also being tested and police are awaiting results.
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