DEA seize 2.5kg of Fentanyl from ODed chemistry professor

Gregory Bodemer

A chemistry professor who died of an overdose had his apartment raided. Cops found one of the biggest stashes of fentanyl seen in San Diego at over 5 pounds (2.5kg) Agents also found carfentanil and drug manufacturing equipment, including a pill press, powder, liquids, and dyes used to make street drugs. The amount of fentanyl seized was enough to kill 1.5m people. Gregory Bodemer was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman, Rose Griffin, was taken away in an ambulance and recovered. She said she had been lacing her vaping cartridges with fentanyl, which had led to her overdose.

A hazmat crew was called in to help clear and decontaminate the unit. It remains off-limits.