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ST. LANDRY PARISH — The 5.2 pounds of fentanyl seized in a drug bust in Sunset is enough to kill 1,250,000 people, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
The fentanyl was discovered in the arrest of Benjamin I. Pittman, 43, of the 200 block of Rue Destin, Sunset, on March 23.
“This is, by far, the most significant and largest fentanyl confiscation and also the most elaborate pill manufacturing operation in the history of St. Landry Parish,” Guidroz stated in a news release on Monday.

Dr. Malcolm Vidrine made the case for “rewilding” thousands of acres in Acadiana as part of slowing or stopping climate change
“It turns out our prairies are the most efficient and effective habitats to help fight climate change and to slow the current extinction events where life on earth is literally dying out,” he said to Eunice Rotarians on Wednesday.
There are about 3,000 acres of prairie remaining and much of it is degraded, he said. And, much of the prairie is near the coast, which is threatened by the rising sea.

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office in locating Trevor Guidry about an ongoing investigation.
The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office advised that Guidry may be located at 3307 Theodore Road, located south of Erath.