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Sheyenne struggled with heroin and meth for nine years, but in 2021, an unfamiliar drug called xylazine contributed to the overdose that took her life. 

Devin Johnson of Leesville, 27, and Reese Ayers of Oolitic, 22, were booked at the Lawrence County Jail on charges of possession with intent to deal as well as several lesser drug charges.

Two men and two women are accused of being members of a drug trafficking organization. Police say that the group was responsible for “a large number” of illegal drugs entering Lawrence County.