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Officials announced an arrest in a fentanyl trafficking investigation on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Officials intercepted a suspicious package with an estimated 20,000 fentanyl pills found inside a microwave oven earlier this month. The pills weighed about 2 kilograms, which is enough to kill everyone in Hardee and Desoto County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspect, identified as Derrail Kenyon Snell, 41, of Wauchula, purchased the microwave oven in Los Angeles and shipped it to Wauchula through a third-party shipping company, according to authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Feb. 9, the shipping company notified the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office, although officials chose not to disclose why they determined the package to be suspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The package, scheduled to be delivered to Hardee County, was seized and turned over to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An undercover detective delivered the package to the home, in which a woman took it inside the home. The package was never opened and it was never processed as being delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 5, Snell was arrested for violating probation in Highlands County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A search warrant was executed on a storage unit leased by Snell, in which authorities discovered an additional 2,000 fentanyl pills, more than 20 boxes of designer and high-end shoes, large amounts of clothing still wrapped in plastic, two plastic bags of fentanyl pills weighing 203.4 grams, $16,000, two handguns, and an AR-15 rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snell was arrested on charges including trafficking fentanyl over 28 grams, using a two-way communication device to commit a felony, and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a felon. He was booked into the Highlands County Jail without bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FDLE investigated this case alongside the Hardee County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snell had been previously arrested for aggravated assault, selling cocaine, possession of cannabis, and having a suspended license. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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