Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.

Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals -- have been charged with criminal conspiracies to distribute and import fentanyl precursor chemicals to the United States. Bhavesh Lathiya, a founder and senior executive of Raxuter Chemicals,

A LaGrange man has been arrested and charged with felony murder after a man died from a drug overdose involving fentanyl, the Troup County Sheriff’s Office announced. TCSO said deputies responded July 2 to a call about an unresponsive person at a residence in the 2700 block of Whitesville Road in LaGrange.

The Troup County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges in connection with the fatal overdose of Anthony Hall, 44, whose death was linked to fentanyl.

Six months after a man died of a fentanyl overdose, the man suspected of giving him the drug was charged with felony murder, according to the Troup County Sheriff’s Office.