Cops: Package sent via UPS contained fentanyl

FORT LAUDERDALE— A Fort Lauderdale man is in jail after undercover agents deliveredthepackagehewas expecting fromUPS.

Fort Lauderdale Police said a package addressed to Shakeem Hill along Northwest 20th Avenue in Fort Lauderdalewas stopped by UPSsecurity.

Inside the parcel was 141 grams of fentanyl, a painkiller that has a high risk for addiction and can cause respiratorydistressanddeath when taken in high doses or in combination with other drugs or alcohol.

An undercover agent hand-delivered the parcel on Dec. 8 to Hill’s home, and he accepted the package, according to newly released records. About 45 minutes later, theSWATteamentered and found the narcotics inside a tin box along with other drugs.

The other narcoticswere packaged in small bundles and wrapped in plastic “and preparedforindividualsales,” according to a police report.

AuthoritiessaidHill, 27, isa convicted felon. Agunfound inside his home had been reported stolen from somebodyin Hialeah.

Court records showHill is being charged with theft of a firearmandarmedtrafficking in fentanyl.