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A new deadly opioid was found during a Long Island raid last month.

Officials say it was the first discovery of nitazene in the Northeast.

Nitazene is said to be 100 times stronger than fentanyl.

LONG ISLAND, NY - A dangerous discovery was made during a narcotics raid on Long Island last month, prompting a warning from drug enforcement officials.

What we know:

Nitazene, a synthetic opiod that the DEA says is more powerful and more deadly than fentanyl, was seized from a home in Nassau County.

DEA officials told the NY Post this was the first time the deadly new opiod had been discovered in the entire region.

"It’s alarming," Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino said. "We haven’t come across this compound anywhere in the entire Northeast."

Nitazene is a deadly synt

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