Trumbull police are reporting a spike in heroin overdoses.
Police Lt. Leonard Scinto told the Connecticut Post the department has responded to three near-fatal overdoses over the past two weeks.
Scinto said the overdoses are believed to be linked to heroin that is being laced with a synthetic opioid called fentanyl.
He said that is causing a problem across the region and the town is working with other police departments to determine if recent overdoses are linked to a single source.
There were 273 fatal heroin overdoses in Connecticut in 2014. That is an increase from 257 in 2013.
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