The two largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle Wednesday to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids, and a lawyer said Walmart, a third pharmacy behemoth, is in discussions for a deal.… MORE
Providence Police made four separate drug arrests Wednesday, seizing six handguns, two motor vehicles, large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine and more than $238,000 in cash.… MORE
Providence Police have charged a city worker with distributing narcotics while on duty as an employee of the Department of Public Works.… MORE
Police have arrested three people and seized more than 41 kilograms or about 90 pounds of fentanyl in court-authorized raids at homes in Providence and Cranston. … MORE
A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to eight years in prison on gun and drug charges, prosecutors said Wednesday.… MORE
A Providence man who tried to sell a large amount of fentanyl and heroin while under surveillance by law enforcement has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. … MORE
A Rhode Island man accused by prosecutors of having a “leadership role” an international fentanyl trafficking operation has been sentenced in North Dakota to 33 years in federal prison.… MORE
Woonsocket Police said a four-month investigation resulted in 19 arrests, the seizure of significant quantities of fentanyl and other drugs, along with more than $130,000 in cash, two pistols and four vehicles. … MORE
Thirteen men and women were charged following a six-month undercover drug operation that resulted in the seizure of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and firearms in what federal authorities are calling “Operation Bloodline”. … MORE
Providence Police arrested three men and seized a significant amount of drugs and guns in a raid at a home on Sisson Street in an operation that capped a three-month investigation. … MORE
