Sisters find over 14,000 bags of fentanyl in woods in New Castle County

CLAYMONT, Del. (WPVI) -- Police say two sisters found over 14,000 individual bags of fentanyl inside two grocery bags in the woods in New Castle County on Sunday.

The drugs were found off Miles Road in the Radnor Green neighborhood of Claymont, Delaware.

Authorities say an 18-year-old and her 12-year-old sister were walking through the woods around 5:30 p.m. when they came upon the bags filled with illegal narcotics.

"When I seen those bags, I was like, that is definitely something I've seen at school learning about," the older sister tells Action News. "So I was like, we need to call the cops right this minute. We're not touching anything else."

After returning home, they reported what they found to a family member, who then called the police.

"We found a little bit of drugs at first, and then we went deeper into the woods and found these bags, and they were heavy, so we were kind of curious," she said. "Opened it up and found that it was full of those little bags we originally found, and there was a lot more."

Police say the grocery bags contained two large packages, often referred to as "bricks."

Investigators suspect the pair stumbled across a pickup point, where a drug dealer or a distributor would have retrieved the fentanyl.

Neighbors are relieved these drugs are off the streets.

"It's unbelievable. People walk all along that bridge all the time," said one neighbor.

Tests confirmed the substance to be 14,088 individual bags of fentanyl.

"One pin head of fentanyl can kill a person, and here we're talking about over 14,000 bags," said Master Corporal Richard Chambers.

"I'm happy it's off the roads and not hurting people," the older sister said.

Investigators are now trying to determine where the drugs came from and how they got there.

Anyone with information is asked to call the New Castle County Division of Police at 302-573-2800.