Durham, NC – (Thursday, June 1, 2023)  Just after 1:00 p.m. today investigators from the Durham County Sheriff’s Office Anti-Crime and Narcotics Unit (SAC/Narc), as part of an ongoing investigation into heroin and fentanyl trafficking, were conducting a drug investigation in the area of I-85 and Guess Rd. 
At that time, the subject of the investigation was stopped at a retail establishment, and as investigators approached them, they fled from the area. The deputies, who were in an unmarked vehicle and operating lights and siren pursued the vehicle for approximately 1 mile, where at the intersection of Guess Rd and Broad Street the Sheriff’s Office vehicle and another driver collided. That vehicle was occupied by its driver and two (2) small, unrestrained, dogs. Sheriff’s Office personnel stopped to render aid to the driver involved in the crash. The driver was taken to a local hospital to be assessed for injury and unfortunately, one (1) of the dogs died in the crash. 
 
The Sheriff’s Office informed the NC State Highway Patrol of the crash who responded to investigate.  No Sheriff’s Office personnel were injured in this incident.  The drug investigation is continuing 


 

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