Virginia police arrested a person who had $120,000 worth of fentanyl tablets in his possession during a narcotics search warrant, police announced Wednesday.

Jeremy Tillman, 28, was arrested after police seized approximately 11,000 fentanyl pills and several guns from a house in Ruckersville, Virginia, on Tuesday. The pills were made to look like oxycodone 30mg pills, David Roach of the Greene County Sheriff's Office told the Washington Examiner.


Tillman is charged with possessing a schedule I or II drug with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm while intending to distribute schedule I or II drugs.

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The drugs and weapons Virginia police recovered from a home in Ruckersville, Virginia. Greene County Sheriff's Office


The state has had several arrests related to the opioid crisis. Earlier this month, Virginia police seized 5,000 fentanyl-laced counterfeit medication. Police warned Prince William County residents about fentanyl-laced drugs in late April in the wake of two teenagers dying from fentanyl-laced opioids. It is unconfirmed whether the two situations are related to Tuesday's arrest, Roach said.

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Over 100,000 people in the United States died from drug overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2020, opioid overdoses were the cause of 1,478 deaths in Virginia, a 17% increase from 2019, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health.

Tillman is being held at the Central Virginia Regional Jail on a secure bond.