Crime & Safety

Task Force Takes Down Providence Man On Fentanyl And Cocaine Charges: Cops

The Providence man was arrested by the state police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, police said.

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man was arrested on charges of intending to deliver cocaine and fentanyl, police said.

Andre Bland, 32, was taken into custody Monday by the Rhode Island State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, the state police said in a media release.

Bland was processed and arraigned at the Lincoln Barracks, according to the release, then taken to the Adult Correctional Institutions pending a morning arraignment in Sixth District Court.

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