Teen Who Survived Overdose Charged with Operating a Drug Factory in His Bedroom

A 17-year-old Greenwich boy, who police said survived a heroin overdose, has been arrested on charges he used his bedroom as the base for operating a drug factory.

According to a statement released by Greenwich Police Friday, the unidentified teen surrendered to police May 26 after they obtained an arrest warrant.  Greenwich Police spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray said the investigation began earlier this year after police and emergency medical personnel were summoned to the boy’s home for “a possible heroin overdose in which the suspect was saved by medical intervention … at the time there was a large amount of narcotics present. The (department’s) narcotics division investigated.”

According to Gray, officers seized quantities of heroin, methamphetamines, marijuana, unspecified tablets and capsules amphetamines, “prescribed drugs that are frequently abused – powerful narcotics … hydromorphone, sedatives.” A quantity of drug paraphernalia also was seized including scales, syringes, “ … a cell phone with contact information of the people he supplied, … rolling papers, plastic bags, a cigarette roller,” Gray added.

While the exact quantities of the drugs seized were not provided, Gray said, “it was enough to justify the charge of operating a drug factory.”

The teen who is not being identified because of his age, was charged with possession of narcotics, possession of a hallucinogen, possession of an amphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a drug factory and possession of a controlled substance.

The teen was released on a promise to appear June 8 in the Juvenile Matters Division of state Superior Court in Stamford.