A Northumberland County man said he was delivering fentanyl to support his family and drug habit.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by officer John Pruitte Jr. of the Jim Thorpe Police Department in the case against Joshua Brosious:

On Oct. 23, as part of an ongoing investigation into the distribution of heroin/fentanyl distribution in Carbon County, Pruitte and a member of the Carbon County Drug Task Force received information that Brosious, 27, of Sunbury, was in possession of fentanyl in which he was going to sell.

Brosious arrived in a silver Chevy HHR at the intersection of Mermon and Railroad streets in Nesquehoning, with a female driver.

He was taken into custody without incident.

A search of the vehicle yielded 25 1-gram packages of suspected fentanyl, weighing a total of 26.63 grams.

The fentanyl will be sent to the Pennsylvania State Police Wyoming Regional Lab for analysis.

Brosious was read his Miranda warnings, which he waived and admitted to delivering fentanyl to support his family and drug habit.

He is charged with possession with the intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance.

Brosious is currently incarcerated in the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000 monetary bail, and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Nov. 4 before District Judge Joseph D. Homanko Sr., of Weatherly.