GROTON, Conn. (WWLP) – A drug task force in Groton, Connecticut arrested two men, and took 500 bags of tainted heroin off the streets.

Police say 26-year-old Robert Cabanban of New London and 22-year-old Paul Concordia of East Lyme were in a car parked at a business on the Gold Star Highway when they were arrested for possession of drugs.

Police believe that New England’s drug abuse issues are deadly enough without addicts feeding their habit with tainted Heroin.

The Regional Community Enhancement Task Force has been working to combat the heroin epidemic.

Police say the heroin had tested positive for fentanyl, which has been the cause of many recent overdoses in the region.