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Talk about your all-time wrong number mix-ups.
A Florida woman who thought she was messaging a drug dealer to score some fentanyl accidentally texted a narcotics investigator, authorities said.
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WATCH HEREThe incident happened back on New Year's Eve when a woman who identified herself as Octavia texted a number to try to get some drugs before leaving town, Bay County Sheriff's Office officials said in a social media post.
The woman had unknowingly texted a narcotics investigator at the sheriff's office, who started communicating with her while posing as a dealer.
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They arranged a sale and the woman showed up at a gas station to buy the drugs and was taken into custody, officials said.
Authorities identified her as 41-year-old Octavia Wells, and charged her with possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful use of a two-way communication device and driving with a license suspended or revoked.
