Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies arrested three people Monday after a chase that ended with a “large cloud of green powder” coming from the suspects’ car, according to a news release Tuesday.
One of the passengers told deputies the powder was fentanyl, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The passengers also had the powder on their clothes, the release said. In the car, powder was found on the passenger floorboard, dashboard and driver’s seat.
Another clump of suspected fentanyl was found on a Circle K coffee cup inside the car, the release said, as well as a container with around 1.5 grams of suspected fentanyl and pills deputies believed were pressed fentanyl.
“It appeared as if (the passenger) was attempting to conceal the fentanyl inside the coffee cup, but spilled it everywhere,” an affidavit in the case said.
The passenger reportedly told deputies that the driver had given him the fentanyl to dispose of, according to the affidavit.