Fentanyl Found Outside Delco Elementary School: Report

A sizable batch of fentanyl was found outside of a Delaware County elementary school on Thursday as parents were arriving to pick up their children, according to a media report.

While waiting for their kids to leave the St. Bernadette of Lourdes Catholic elementary school in Drexel Hill, parents found the bag on the ground.

That bag contained 29 smaller baggies containing fentanyl, according to Philly.com.

The outlet reports that police believe the bag was dropped accidentally and that no students were in danger.

“We initially suspected it to be heroin but it later field tested back as pure fentanyl,” Upper Darby Police Chief Michael Chitwood told Philly.com “Thank God the adults found it. Imagine if one of those kindergartners got a hold of the fentanyl.”

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is particularity deadly, as even low doses of the drug can be exponentially more lethal than heroin.

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