FRANKLIN — A Franklin woman has been indicted after allegedly being found in possession of fentanyl and carfentanyl.

New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and Franklin Police Chief David B. Goldstein yesteerday announced the indictment of Jillian Broomstein for acts prohibited relating to the possession of the controlled drugs carfentanil and fentanyl.

On April 11, Broomstein was arrested for possession of a controlled drug which was discovered by members of the Franklin Police Department inside her Central Street apartment. Police were in her apartment on an unrelated matter when the drugs were discovered.

The New Hampshire State Police Forensic Lab tested the drugs and confirmed they were carfentanil and fentanyl. Broomstein was indicted on June 16 by the grand jury sitting in Merrimack County for possessing both carfentanil and fentanyl inside her apartment when the drugs were discovered on April 11.

Broomstein is expected to be arraigned at the Merrimack County Superior Court on July 12.

The New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General has been actively investigating and prosecuting the sale and possession of carfentanil cases throughout the State for the past several months.

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