North Platte Post
NORTH PLATTE — The North Platte Police Department is warning the public of the dangers of fentanyl after releasing the autopsy report of a man found dead in late January.
The body of Rico Katami, 20, was found the morning of Jan. 24 in the back yard of a residence in the 1900 block of Burlington Blvd.
"The report indicated that Katami’s death was caused by multiple drug toxicity and was ruled to be accidental by medical examiners," police said in a news release Monday. "Recently, the North Platte Police Department has seen an increase in the seizure of fentanyl pills. While we are fervently working to take these substances off of the streets, we wanted to make the public aware of just how dangerous they are.
"Fentanyl is a highly potent drug with an increased risk of overdose. It takes roughly a pencil tip amount of fentanyl for an overdose to occur, or doses as small as 2 milligrams. We cannot stress enough that the risk of overdose and death that accompany this drug are extremely high due to its potency and urge all citizens to take caution when they come across unknown pills."