JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the amounts seized.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office arrested a man for drug trafficking and firearm possession after an investigation called 'Operation Trigger Switch'.
Daniel Jarret was the target of the operation, according to Sheriff T.K. Waters. Jarret was previously convicted of nine felonies for drug and firearm trafficking. He also illegally sells 'gun switches', which are devices used to turn a semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic firearm, Waters said.
Jarret was arrested on March 21 near the St. Johns Town Center. He faces charges for trafficking in cocaine and fentanyl as well as possession a firearm as a felon, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to his arrest report. He tried to run from officers at the time of his arrest.
When officers searched his car and home, they seized over .75 kilos of fentanyl, which is enough to kill more than one third of Jacksonville's population, Waters said. In addition to the drugs, police seized guns, ammunition, money, a money counter, and jewelry, according to the arrest report.
In 2012, the Florida Times-Union reports that Jarrett was shot in a Jacksonville Beach gun battle and charged with attempted murder.
Police Jarrett, who was 17 at the time, at Baptist Medical Center-Beaches with gunshot wounds after a fight that critically wounded a woman erupted at South Third Avenue and South Seventh Street about 11 p.m.
The 25-year-old woman, who police think was caught in the crossfire, remains in serious condition.
At the time, police reported that Jarrett was a gang member in Jacksonville Beach.
His most recent arrest was announced by JSO on the same day the FDA approved the sale of over-the-counter Narcan. This life-saving drug is on course to be the first overdose-revering opioid (such as fentanyl) treatment to be sold without a prescription.