ELKTON, Md. — Welcome to Elkton, Maryland---The county seat of Cecil County, a town of 16,000 and a convenient drug market for suppliers in nearby Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia.

“You see the people, the little zombies, nose to toes, walking. It’s crazy,” said Belinda Ritter, a longtime resident, “For being a little town, it’s dangerous.”

Investigators with the Maryland State Police Strategic Operations Group knew fentanyl was showing up throughout Cecil County, but they had no idea a primary source would emerge in the form of a 17-year-old boy living in Elkton.

“This teenager, with the amount of fentanyl he had on him, in his vehicle, in the home where he was living, it was clear to our investigators that this was sales and distribution of this illegal drug,” said Elena Russo of

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