State police release data on opioid seizures

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

As part of Stop Overdoses in PA: Get Help Now Week, state police have released information about opioids they have seized this year.

Lt. Col. Robert Evanchick, Acting Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, and Maj. Gen. Tony Carrelli, state adjutant general and head of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, on Friday reinforced the Wolf administration’s collaborative approach toward disrupting the flow of illegal drugs into the state.

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