Hazmat Team Called To Fentanyl Scene After 11 Officers Exposed To Drug During Home Search

On Thursday, at least 11 New Jersey police officers were exposed to fentanyl while conducting a search of a home. The search resulted in the arrest of five people.

FOX Philadelphia reported that detectives from the Camden County Police Department executed search warrants at a property on Eden Hollow Lane in Sicklerville and an apartment on the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue in Collingswood. Both locations were in Camden County.

In the course of searching the residence in Collingswood, eleven officers were put in danger of exposure to fentanyl and required medical attention. HAZMAT teams were dispatched to the location in order to provide assistance.