Baltimore police executed raids Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into a series of mass overdoses in the city’s Penn North neighborhood, where authorities say a powerful animal sedative was found mixed with street drugs.

The enforcement actions come after months of overdoses that left dozens hospitalized, prompting what Mayor Brandon Scott calls a “dual response” from city government, one that focuses on both public health and law enforcement.

“Since this happened, I’ve said this was going to be a dual response for us as a city government,” Scott told WBAL NewsRadio’s C4 and Bryan Nehman on Thursday.

“It was going to be both about making sure that people don’t die and get the help, the services and recovery they need, and it was also going to be about a law enforcement appro

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