Overview
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued a consumer alert on Dec. 11 warning that fruit-flavored cocaine is being marketed to kids and young women.
- Law enforcement reports an increase in batches advertised with flavors such as piña colada, strawberry, coconut and banana to entice new users.
- The Attorney General’s Office cautioned that any illegal drug obtained online or on the street may contain fentanyl and could be deadly.
- The alert referenced a Pima County case in which Jaden Alfredo Covarrubias sold about 1.55 pounds of cocaine after promoting flavored variants and offering sales via platforms like WhatsApp.
- Covarrubias was sentenced on Nov. 24 to 1.75 years in state prison and ordered to pay $4,500 to the State Anti-Racketeering Revolving Fund and $300 to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, totaling $4,800.