Two people were arrested in connection to a regional heroin investigation.  Altoona Police say Terron Miller and Miranda McCulley had over 100 packets of heroin bearing the stamps “bulletproof” and “head trauma”.

At least 15 non-fatal heroin overdoses have happened  in Cambria County in the last three days connected to the same type of heroin Miller and McCulley were allegedly transporting.

The Department of Justice of Western Pennsylvania says this is one of the worst heroin epidemics we’ve ever seen.

Multiple organizations are working together to fix this recent heroin problem.

“In partnership with the FBI and the DEA, we are now retrieving from law enforcement a data sheet, which has been agreed upon by all federal, local, and state law enforcement on each overdose event,” says U.S. Attorney David Hickton.

Hickton says when they do this and treat each overdose as an investigation they get more accurate information, quicker.  No lab analysis has come back, but they are expecting it soon.

Authorities tell us Cambria County isn’t the only area with this issue.

“It’s a public health and safety problem, and we’re all over it,” says Hickton.

Hickton says when these bad batches are considered “supercharged” they see more overdoses because the heroin is considered more desirable, “The dealers can get more money for it and as counter intuitive as this sounds, the addicts seek it.”

Authorities tell WTAJ that’s because these addicts believe they are invincible.  The Drug Enforcement Administration ranked Cambria County third in overdose deaths in 2014 .  The number one drug found in toxicology reports was heroin.

“We have doubled down on our investigations of drug trafficking organizations.  We have also announced prosecutions with maximum penalties for those who supply heroin, which causes death.”

Authorities urge the public to reach out and help anyone they may know who has a heroin problem.  They say there will be no consequences for anyone who comes forward.