Fentanyl, Possible Human Tissue Found in Raid on West Bloomfield Doctor

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Police found possible human issue and large amounts of fentanyl during a raid at a West Bloomfield doctor’s home and office Tuesday, police said.

The West Bloomfield Police Department did not immediately return Patch’s phone calls, but Deputy Chief Curt Lawson told the Detroit Free Press that police found fentanyl was found in 14 containers in the trunk of the doctor’s car earlier this week after he was involved in a traffic accident.

Fentanyl, an opioid, is a powerful pain medication used as an anesthesia during surgery and used legally to manage pain. Police said the containers were not labeled, arising suspicions. According to the doctor’s website, he performs abortions, the Free Press said.

The potential human tissue, found after police impounded the vehicle, was taken to the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office for analysis.

Lawson told The Detroit News the tissue “appeared to be the remnants of a performed medical procedure.”

“They believe it’s the products of conception,” Lawson said. “But there’s no (recognizable) fetuses in there; no feet or hands.”

The doctor, who was not named, was involved in a traffic accident on Oct. 1 on Orchard Lake Road. The doctor allegedly struck a man who was walking across 14 Mile Road, just west of Orchard Lake.

The vehicle was impounded, leading to the discovery of the fentanyl and possible human tissue and a subsequent investigation by the township police department, Michigan Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

After obtaining search warrants, raids were conducted Tuesday at the doctor’s home in West Bloomfield and office in Farmington Hills.

Fentanyl is also used illegally for recreational purposes.

In a national alert last spring, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said fentanyl and fentanyl analogues produced in illicit clandestine labs are up to 100 times more powerful than morphine and 30-50 times more powerful than heroin.

Heroin laced with fentanyl has been tied to at least 60 overdose deaths in Wayne County. In Oakland County, heroin overdoses more than doubled from 2013 to 2014, police have said.

The doctor has not been charged and is not in custody. The investigation is continuing.