AUSTIN (KXAN) — With a recent spike in overdoses tied to drugs laced with fentanyl and with South by Southwest in full swing, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office and the Austin Police Department are looking to “disrupt” illegal narcotics sales as well as violent crime in downtown Austin.
As KXAN reported, authorities reported three overdose deaths and at least a dozen hospitalizations during a recent 48-hour period.
