Hartford police said they seized half a kilogram of fentanyl and arrested three city residents following a drug raid Thursday that exposed officers to what is suspected to be fentanyl.
Detectives from the Hartford vice, intelligence and narcotics division were executing a warrant at 373-375 and 385-387 Garden St. when a suspect tried to destroy evidence and exposed seven officers to what is suspected to be fentanyl powder, police said.
The officers required immediate medical attention at the scene and two of the officers were transported to a hospital for medical evaluation.
All residents were evacuated from the building, which was declared uninhabitable and 18 residents from five apartments are temporarily displaced and relocated, likely until next Thursday.
Carabetta, which owns the building, is paying for residents to stay in hotels and for testing, city officials said.
Police said they seized half a kilogram of fentanyl, one firearm, ammunition, packaging and $4,000 in cash.
Raymond Vazquez, 38, and 42-year-old Luis Diaz, both of Hartford, were charged with criminal possession firearm, criminal possession ammunition, possession narcotics, possession with intent to sell narcotics, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and operation of a drug factory.
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Bond for Vazquez and Diaz was set at $750,000 and both are due in court on Sept. 12.
Francheska Muniz-Rodriguez, 28, of Hartford, was charged with possession narcotics, possession with intent to sell narcotics, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and operation of a drug factory. Bond was set at $500,000 and she is also due in court on Sept. 12.
