A joint drug operation conducted by the Alaska State Troopers Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) in Kodiak and the Coast Guard Investigative Service netted and charged a Kodiak man on Monday according to a dispatch release by AST on Tuesday.

The operation tracking the trafficking of fentanyl pills in Kodiak would lead investigators to 40-year-old James Coffman III. When Coffman was contacted on Monday, investigators discovered he was in possession of approximately 100 blue “M30” imprinted fentanyl pills.

Coffman had been previously arrested during a January 17th traffic stop and charged with DUI and a felony drug charge for possession near a school. He made bail the same day on that case.

As a result of his second contact, Coffman was again arrested and charged with Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance II and III. He was transported to the Kodiak Jail where he was remanded on the charges.

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