ASHLAND — Two Ashland County Sheriff deputies were hospitalized after having reactions to suspected fentanyl that was concealed in a woman’s bra on Monday.
The deputies were exposed to the potent and often lethal drug when Ashland police transported a 37-year-old woman to Ashland County Jail.
Ashland police notified the deputies ahead of dropping her off at the jail, according to a news release issued by the sheriff’s office.
So “the jail staff prepared themselves with gloves and masks.”
“During the search, a baggie of white substance was found in (the suspect’s) bra. As deputies pulled the bag out, it tore open,” the news release read.
The deputies, whom jail staff declined to identify, were administered doses of Narcan, a drug used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses, after showing “overdose reactions.”
They are expected to be released from the hospital later Monday, the news release said.
The suspect was also transported to the hospital, though she did not show signs of being affected by the suspected fentanyl and was returned to jail.
She has not been charged, according to police and court records.
