KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two people were arrested and fentanyl was recovered after a search warrant at a West Knoxville home, according to a release from the Knoxville Police Department.

KPD said William Aldridge, 46, and Brandon Bayne, 36, were taken into custody after the warrant was executed on Toxaway Drive on Wednesday.

KPD, along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the 5th Judicial Drug Task Force were all a part of the operation.

"The search warrant was obtained as part of an ongoing investigation being led by the KPD Organized Crime Unit and Drug Related Death Task Force into two different overdose deaths and the distribution of fentanyl in West Knoxville," the release said.

The agencies found nearly 65 grams of susp

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