The drugs confiscated from Prince's estate are composed of perilous and strong artificial opioid fentanyl but wrongly identified. The drugs were classified as hydrocodone which is a less shaky type of opioid.
Prince death on April was identified with accidental fentanyl overdose. Officials stated that the musician was not prescribed to take controlled drugs during that time. He was found lifeless in the elevator of his Paisley Park estate. The "Purple Rain" singer died at the age of 57, BBC reported.
The synthetic pills discovered in Paisley Park home which consists of a variation of substances including, lidocaine, fentanyl, and U-4770, an artificial drug eight-fold stronger compared to morphine. Prince weighed only 50 kilograms at the time of the incident with a deadly administer of fentanyl in his body. Fentanyl has been associated with the sudden increase in overdoses in some of the US regions after being mixed into fake pills.
The tests made on Prince before his death show no fentanyl in his body. An official who partook in the investigation mentioned that the singer did not use the said drug for a long period of time. He added that Prince had carried many of those drugs a week before he died when his airplane made an emergency landing in Illinois after feeling sick, according to StarTribune.
The probe on Prince's death happened during the time that the U.S. attorney's office located in Minnesota is making efforts to deal with opioid abuse. The Carver County Sheriff's Office chief deputy Jason Kamerud stated that their investigators are actively collaborating with federal investigators along with the U.S. attorney's office on the incident.
"My detectives work the case when there's work to be done, then they're on to their other open cases," Kamerud said in an e-mail. He refused to disclose the details about the investigation.
Additional autopsy report suggests that Prince had diazepam, hydrocodone acids, and lidocaine in his system according to an official. Diazepam is sold as Valium and is a pill used to treat anxiety. It is a form of sedative intended to control seizures, a disorder Prince had since childhood.
