Police: 3 students had thousands of fentanyl pills on...
5 years, 7 months ago

Police: 3 students had thousands of fentanyl pills on...

Daily Mail  

Police in a small city on the U.S.-Mexico border say three students were arrested Wednesday for possessing fentanyl pills on campus, including one who had over 3,000 pills with her. San Luis, Arizona, police say 18-year-old Noemi Hernandez-Madrigal had three plastic bags with over 3,200 blue fentanyl pills on her. Noemi Hernandez-Madrigal, 18, left, and the other student, Alessandra Cardenas-Hernandez, 18, right, face several drug charges and are being held without bond Hernandez-Madrigal is alleged to have had three separate plastic zip-lock bags containing more than 3,200 blue M30 pills A 16-year-old boy who was also arrested hasn't been identified because he's underage. Border authorities said they arrested a 16-year-old American boy at the border in September for trying to sneak dozens of fentanyl pills into the country by wrapping them around his legs.

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Amid Trump's tariff threat, Mexico seizes record 20 mn doses of fentanyl
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1 month ago

Amid Trump's tariff threat, Mexico seizes record 20 mn doses of fentanyl

Firstpost  

Amid US President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs, Mexico has seized record 20 million doses of fentanyl drug as part of ramped up crackdown on drug production and distribution in the country Mexican authorities have ramped up action against production and distribution of drugs such as fentanyl in the country in recent days. In two instances on Tuesday, Mexican authorities …

Mexico announces record fentanyl bust days after Trump threatened tariffs over drugs crossing border
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1 month ago

Mexico announces record fentanyl bust days after Trump threatened tariffs over drugs crossing border

Daily Mail  

The Mexican military seized the largest shipments of fentanyl in history Tuesday, just days after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to levy a 25 percent tax on products from Mexico due in part to the deadly drug crossing the border. Mexican authorities said they recovered more than 2,000 pounds of fentanyl in the largest such seizure in the nation's history The …

Mexican troops report record fentanyl haul in twin raids in Sinaloa
1 month, 1 week ago

Mexican troops report record fentanyl haul in twin raids in Sinaloa

LA Times  

Mexican military and police patrol in Culiacan in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in January 2023. Mexican soldiers and marines have seized more than a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country’s history. The raids came after a sharp drop in fentanyl seizures …

Nine Arrested in Federal Drug Trafficking Investigation at New Mexico Prison
2 months, 1 week ago

Nine Arrested in Federal Drug Trafficking Investigation at New Mexico Prison

Associated Press  

Nine people have been arrested in a federal investigation into drug trafficking at a New Mexico prison. The arrests were made as part of a raid on 13 homes across the state, mostly in Albuquerque. The investigation is believed to be connected to inmates' spouses, family members and associates. Authorities found more than 1,000 fentanyl pills, heroin and methamphetamine inside …

Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust

LA Times  

Authorities have arrested 15 people, including a Riverside County correctional deputy, in connection with a Sinaloa, Mexico, drug trafficking network in the Inland Empire. Culminating a yearlong investigation dubbed “Hotline Bling,” authorities in Riverside County have seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and arrested 15 people suspected of helping a Sinaloa, Mexico, cartel’s drug trafficking network, including a …

Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can’t get enough for medical use, study finds
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can’t get enough for medical use, study finds

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A report released by the Mexican government Friday says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, even as Mexican cartels pump out tons of the illicit narcotic. Nonetheless, Mexican cartels appear to be having no problem importing tons of precursor chemicals and making their own fentanyl, which they smuggle into the United …

Fire extinguishers used to smuggle fentanyl in from Mexico, DOJ alleges
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Fire extinguishers used to smuggle fentanyl in from Mexico, DOJ alleges

LA Times  

Seventeen people have been charged in an alleged drug smuggling scheme in which fentanyl and other drugs were brought from Mexico to Los Angeles. Fentanyl was smuggled into Los Angeles from Mexico inside of fire extinguishers, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which charged 17 people in the scheme. After crossing the border, the trucks involved in the smuggling …

Opinion: ‘Just say no’ can kill kids. Teach them how to stay safe in the fentanyl era
11 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: ‘Just say no’ can kill kids. Teach them how to stay safe in the fentanyl era

LA Times  

Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a suspected overdose in a high school bathroom in Hollywood. In a new analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine, we found that fatal overdoses among U.S. teens aged 14-18 hit an all-time high in 2022. Programming should also help teens recognize the signs of an overdose and …

Parents Charged After 4-Year-Old Found Dead From Alleged Fentanyl Overdose In Motel
1 year ago

Parents Charged After 4-Year-Old Found Dead From Alleged Fentanyl Overdose In Motel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The parents of a 4-year-old Washington girl, who allegedly died last week from overdosing on “rainbow fentanyl” pills, have been arrested in connection with her death. Joseph Edward Walker, 30, and Judy Bribiescas, 39, were charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death of their daughter, who was found overdosed in a motel room in Kennewick, Washington, reports …

Hidden panels, counterfeit bottles, fentanyl: A year of buying drugs in Mexican pharmacies
1 year ago

Hidden panels, counterfeit bottles, fentanyl: A year of buying drugs in Mexican pharmacies

LA Times  

The tag on her white lab coat read “professional pharmacist,” and the framed health and safety certificates lining the walls behind her gave the drugstore an air of legitimacy. One worker said that during the second round of sweeps, authorities came to his Cabo pharmacy “looking for loose pills.” The officials also reviewed financial records, and ultimately decided the store …

California schools are battling a fentanyl crisis. Why are parents so oblivious?
1 year ago

California schools are battling a fentanyl crisis. Why are parents so oblivious?

The Independent  

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31 pharmacies in Mexico are shut as authorities crack down on fentanyl-tainted pills
1 year, 1 month ago

31 pharmacies in Mexico are shut as authorities crack down on fentanyl-tainted pills

LA Times  

A drug store in Playa del Carmen advertises a range of medications. Mexican authorities raided dozens of pharmacies in Ensenada and seized thousands of boxes of pills as part of a broader effort to crack down on drugstores suspected of selling counterfeit and fentanyl-tainted medications. Dubbed Operation Albatros II, the recent raids targeted 53 pharmacies in the Baja California port …

Mexico raids and closes 31 pharmacies in Ensenada that were selling fentanyl-laced pills
1 year, 1 month ago

Mexico raids and closes 31 pharmacies in Ensenada that were selling fentanyl-laced pills

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Friday they have raided and closed 31 pharmacies in Baja California’s coastal city of Ensenada, after they were detected selling fake or fentanyl-laced pills. The announcement represents one of the first times Mexican authorities have acknowledged what U.S. researchers pointed out almost a year ago: that Mexican pharmacies were offering controlled medications like Oxycodone, …

Massachusetts: Heart-shaped pills laced with fentanyl seized and 3 arrested in drug bust worth $8 million
1 year, 2 months ago

Massachusetts: Heart-shaped pills laced with fentanyl seized and 3 arrested in drug bust worth $8 million

CNN  

CNN — Three men were arrested and authorities seized over 220 pounds of controlled substances in a major drug bust earlier this month that included pink fentanyl-laced pills shaped like hearts, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a news release. Of an estimated 10 million doses seized, 8 million were “doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine …

Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis
1 year, 3 months ago

Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Andrea Thomas had never heard of fentanyl when her daughter died after taking half of a pill she thought was prescription medication. Five years later, she’s among hundreds of thousands of families who have lost a loved one as the U.S. undergoes the deadliest overdose crisis in its history. prevention is going to be our strongest asset.” In …

Commentary: Pharmacies selling fentanyl-laced pills are deadly tourist traps in Mexico
1 year, 6 months ago

Commentary: Pharmacies selling fentanyl-laced pills are deadly tourist traps in Mexico

LA Times  

Medications are lined up on shelves in a pharmacy in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A warning appeared on Tripadvisor on May 25, 2020: “Cabo pharmacies selling fentanyl laced pills.” The person posting under the moniker Spreadingfacts wrote, “My brother passed away last year after buying pills at a pharmacy in Cabo.” Over several posts, the writer said their brother died after …

Mexico says it doesn’t have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic
1 year, 6 months ago

Mexico says it doesn’t have a fentanyl problem. New data reveal a hidden epidemic

LA Times  

As fentanyl has ravaged the United States, killing tens of thousands of Americans each year, Mexican leaders have insisted their country has been virtually untouched by the opioid. Mexico officially recorded just 19 deaths from all opioids in 2020, the most recent year for which data are available, with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador contending fentanyl is exclusively a U.S. …

Mexican authorities raid pharmacies in inquiry into fentanyl-tainted pills
1 year, 6 months ago

Mexican authorities raid pharmacies in inquiry into fentanyl-tainted pills

LA Times  

Pharmacies in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with illicit substances and passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals. Authorities in Mexico raided several Los Cabos drugstores last month and arrested four people as part of an ongoing investigation into pharmacies selling counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine. The raids are important, Pineda said, “because the …

L.A. public health officials warn about fentanyl-tainted pills in Mexican drug stores
1 year, 6 months ago

L.A. public health officials warn about fentanyl-tainted pills in Mexican drug stores

LA Times  

Medications on shelves in a pharmacy in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Los Angeles County public health officials on Tuesday issued an alert warning Angelenos that some pharmacies in Mexico have been selling counterfeit medications containing fentanyl and other narcotics. “Due to fentanyl, we are seeing people overdose and die the first time they try an illicit substance or counterfeit pill.” Citing …

Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies from coast to coast
1 year, 6 months ago

Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies from coast to coast

LA Times  

Some of the pills looked just like antibiotics. Earlier this year, The Times found that pharmacies in several northwestern Mexico cities were selling counterfeit pills over the counter, passing off powerful methamphetamine as Adderall and deadly fentanyl as Percocet and other opioid painkillers. “One of the greatest threats to the safety and health of Americans today are fake prescription pills …

7 people treated for fentanyl overdoses in Washington jail
1 year, 7 months ago

7 people treated for fentanyl overdoses in Washington jail

Associated Press  

EVERETT, Wash. — A man in custody in a jail north of Seattle is facing additional charges after officials say seven incarcerated people were treated for signs of overdosing on fentanyl. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said officials administered Narcan to seven people in the jail in Everett on Wednesday evening, The Daily Herald reported. Five have since been released …

Column: Kids are dying from fentanyl. More prison time for dealers won’t help
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: Kids are dying from fentanyl. More prison time for dealers won’t help

LA Times  

A man living in the Tenderloin section of San Francisco displays what he claims to be the synthetic drug fentanyl. “It’s just really clear now from 50 years of trying to stop the supply, it doesn’t work,” Dr. David Goodman-Meza, an infectious disease doctor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, told me. But “kilo chasing” doesn’t work with …

13 arrested in connection with fentanyl-laced drugs that led to fatal overdoses
1 year, 8 months ago

13 arrested in connection with fentanyl-laced drugs that led to fatal overdoses

LA Times  

A sheriff’s deputy stands in front of a photo of fentanyl-laced pills during a 2021 announcement in Los Angeles of federal charges against suspected drug dealers. Thirteen people suspected of selling fentanyl-laced drugs that caused at least a dozen fatal overdoses in Southern California have been arrested, federal authorities said Tuesday. One of the men arrested, Dominick Kingdiamond Alvarado, 22, …

US warns about fake, dangerous pills being sold in Mexico
1 year, 9 months ago

US warns about fake, dangerous pills being sold in Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning about dangerous counterfeit pills being sold at pharmacies in Mexico that often contain fentanyl. The State Department warned that such pills are often counterfeit and “may contain deadly doses of fentanyl.” “Counterfeit pills are readily advertised on social media and can be purchased at small, non-chain pharmacies in …

Lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis, Mexico’s leader says
1 year, 9 months ago

Lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis, Mexico’s leader says

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Friday that U.S. families were to blame for the fentanyl overdose crisis because they don’t hug their kids enough. The comment by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador caps a week of provocative statements from him about the crisis caused by the fentanyl, a synthetic opioid trafficked by Mexican cartels that has been blamed for …

Federal lawmakers call for travel advisory about fentanyl in pills at Mexican pharmacies
1 year, 9 months ago

Federal lawmakers call for travel advisory about fentanyl in pills at Mexican pharmacies

LA Times  

Testing is done on an Adderall pill in Cabo San Lucas. Congressional lawmakers are calling on the State Department to issue a travel advisory warning Americans that some Mexican pharmacies are passing off counterfeit pills made of fentanyl and methamphetamine as legitimate pharmaceuticals. U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. David Trone sent a letter Friday to Secretary of State …

US sanctions Mexico’s Familia Michoacana drug cartel
2 years, 1 month ago

US sanctions Mexico’s Familia Michoacana drug cartel

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Thursday on Mexico’s Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which it accused of manufacturing “rainbow” fentanyl pills purportedly aimed at children. “Not only does this cartel traffic fentanyl, which claimed the lives of more than 108,000 Americans last year, it now markets ‘rainbow fentanyl’ as part of a deliberate effort to drive addiction …

More teenagers dying from fentanyl. ‘It has a hold on me, and I don’t know why’
2 years, 1 month ago

More teenagers dying from fentanyl. ‘It has a hold on me, and I don’t know why’

LA Times  

The summer before 14-year-old Alexander Neville would have entered high school, he sat both of his parents down at the kitchen table in their Aliso Viejo home and told them he’d been taking Oxycontin pills he bought on Snapchat. If you haven’t been impacted by this yet, it’s just a matter of time.” — Amy Neville, whose 14-year-old son Alexander …

Fentanyl pills disguised in candy bags seized at LA airport
2 years, 2 months ago

Fentanyl pills disguised in candy bags seized at LA airport

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Authorities on Wednesday seized thousands of suspected fentanyl pills hidden in candy boxes at Los Angeles International Airport. Someone tried to go through security screening with some snacks and bags of candy at about 7:30 a.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. “However, it was discovered that inside the ‘Sweetarts’, ‘Skittles’, and ‘Whoppers’ …

12,000 suspected fentanyl pills found in candy boxes at LAX security checkpoint
2 years, 2 months ago

12,000 suspected fentanyl pills found in candy boxes at LAX security checkpoint

LA Times  

A person tried to go through Transportation Security Administration screening at Los Angeles International Airport with pills believed to contain fentanyl hidden inside “several bags of candy and miscellaneous snacks,” according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities seized about 12,000 pills believed to contain fentanyl that a person tried to bring in candy boxes through a security checkpoint at …

Parents arrested after 2-year-old ingests ‘rainbow fentanyl’ in Northern California, authorities say
2 years, 2 months ago

Parents arrested after 2-year-old ingests ‘rainbow fentanyl’ in Northern California, authorities say

LA Times  

Authorities found brightly colored fentanyl inside a silicone container made to look like a toy skull after a 2-year-old child allegedly ingested narcotics, resulting in potential opioid poisoning. The parents of a 2-year-old in Northern California were arrested this week after the child allegedly ingested fentanyl while in their care, authorities in Butte County said. “The child was lethargic and …

Fentanyl crackdown nets 4 million pills, 217 arrests, California attorney general says
2 years, 2 months ago

Fentanyl crackdown nets 4 million pills, 217 arrests, California attorney general says

LA Times  

About 1 million fentanyl pills were seized in a raid in Inglewood in July. Rob Bonta announced Wednesday that a state Department of Justice-led task force has seized more than 4 million fentanyl pills and nearly 900 pounds of fentanyl powder and arrested 217 suspects since April 2021. In Southern California, an operation through the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police …

After student’s death, LA schools to carry overdose antidote
2 years, 3 months ago

After student’s death, LA schools to carry overdose antidote

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District will provide all its schools with a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses, after at least seven teenagers overdosed on pills likely laced with fentanyl in recent weeks, including a 15-year-old girl who died on a high school campus. Police said at least seven teenagers have overdosed in the past month …

Police say fentanyl killed LA student, 6 others overdosed
2 years, 3 months ago

Police say fentanyl killed LA student, 6 others overdosed

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — At least seven Los Angeles teenagers have overdosed on pills likely laced with fentanyl over the past month, including a 15-year-old girl who died on a high school campus, authorities said. The most recent overdose occurred Saturday, and Los Angeles police were investigating whether those pills are related to the Sept. 13 fatal overdose of Melanie Ramos …

7th LAUSD teen overdoses from possible fentanyl-laced pills
2 years, 3 months ago

7th LAUSD teen overdoses from possible fentanyl-laced pills

LA Times  

A memorial for Melanie Ramos, the 15-year-old who died of a suspected fentanyl overdose at Bernstein High School in Hollywood on Sept. 13. At least seven teenagers, including the 15-year-old Bernstein High School girl who died last week, have overdosed in the last month from pills possibly containing fentanyl, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police said they are …

Teen boys arrested after high school student, 15, overdoses on fentanyl
2 years, 3 months ago

Teen boys arrested after high school student, 15, overdoses on fentanyl

The Independent  

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Bakersfield student, 13, arrested after middle school employee exposed to fentanyl
2 years, 3 months ago

Bakersfield student, 13, arrested after middle school employee exposed to fentanyl

LA Times  

Fentanyl-laced pills are shown inside a bag. A middle school student was arrested in Bakersfield last week after bringing fentanyl pills to school and causing a school employee to overdose, authorities said. The Bakersfield Police Department responded to a report of a 13-year-old student at Chipman Junior High School possessing fentanyl on Friday at about 9:05 a.m., police said in …

Three Texas high school students believed to have died of fentanyl overdoses
2 years, 4 months ago

Three Texas high school students believed to have died of fentanyl overdoses

The Independent  

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Mexican prosecutors seize half a million fentanyl pills
2 years, 6 months ago

Mexican prosecutors seize half a million fentanyl pills

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors announced Friday they have seized a half-million fentanyl pills in a raid at a warehouse in the northern city of Culiacan. Mexican cartels manufacture the synthetic opioid from precursors imported from China, and then press the drug into counterfeit pills made to look like Xanax, Adderall or Oxycodone. On Thursday, Mexico’s army and National Guard …

Mexico seizes 'historic' half-ton of fentanyl at warehouse
2 years, 6 months ago

Mexico seizes 'historic' half-ton of fentanyl at warehouse

Daily Mail  

Over half-ton of fentanyl was seized at a warehouse in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, the government announced Thursday. The Mexican army and National Guard carried out an operation into the dealings of the Sinaloa Cartel in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and wound up seizing 543 kilos of fentanyl at a warehouse, the government announced Thursday The Mexican government revealed Thursday …

Mexico seizes ‘historic’ half-ton of fentanyl at warehouse
2 years, 6 months ago

Mexico seizes ‘historic’ half-ton of fentanyl at warehouse

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s army and National Guard announced Thursday what they called a “historic” seizure of over a half-ton of fentanyl at a warehouse in the northern city of Culiacan. “This is the largest seizure in history of this lethal drug,” said Assistant Public Safety Secretary Ricardo Mejia, estimating the fentanyl had an illicit value of around $230 million. …

After 3 teens overdose, school districts warn of fentanyl-laced ecstasy pills
2 years, 7 months ago

After 3 teens overdose, school districts warn of fentanyl-laced ecstasy pills

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Unified School District is sounding an alarm about fentanyl-laced ecstasy pills after three high school students overdosed. Three teenage girls were found unconscious in a Los Angeles County home on May 25 after taking ecstasy pills that were contaminated with fentanyl, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a Twitter post this week. Following …

Cops: 500,000 fentanyl pills seized in Arizona traffic stop
2 years, 7 months ago

Cops: 500,000 fentanyl pills seized in Arizona traffic stop

Associated Press  

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Two women were arrested after about 500,000 fentanyl pills were found in an SUV pulled over for speeding on Interstate 10 in Arizona, police said. The increase began in the 1990s with overdoses involving opioid painkillers, followed by waves of deaths led by other opioids like heroin and — most recently — illicit fentanyl. Over a …

Seven charged with distributing fentanyl that killed 10 in Orange County
2 years, 8 months ago

Seven charged with distributing fentanyl that killed 10 in Orange County

LA Times  

Bill Bodner, shown here in 2020, leads the DEA’s Los Angeles Field Division, which investigated a spate of fatal overdoses attributed to fentanyl. Federal prosecutors have charged seven people with distributing fatal doses of fentanyl that killed 10 people over the last several years in Orange County. William Dick Jr., 40, is charged with selling drugs to four people at …

Two California men arrested with enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million
2 years, 9 months ago

Two California men arrested with enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million

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More than 800 arrests made in DEA crackdown on fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills
3 years, 3 months ago

More than 800 arrests made in DEA crackdown on fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills

CNN  

CNN — The Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday it made 810 arrests and seized more than 1.8 million fake pills during a two-month sweep to stem the flow of counterfeit medications containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl. “Illicit fentanyl was responsible for nearly three quarters of the more than 93,000 fatal drug overdoses in the United States in 2020,” Deputy Attorney …

24-Year-Old US Woman Arrested for Possessing 2 kg Fentanyl That Can Kill a Million People
3 years, 7 months ago

24-Year-Old US Woman Arrested for Possessing 2 kg Fentanyl That Can Kill a Million People

News 18  

A North Carolina woman was arrested on May 25 with two kilograms of fentanyl, enough to kill one million people. The Drug Enforcement Administration website states Fentanyl –used to treat chronic severe pain –is similar to morphine but about 100 times more potent. The amount of the drug Karen possessed is enough to kill 1 million people as one kilogram …

Dog Helps US Customs and Border Protection Seize Fentanyl Pills Hidden in Burritos
3 years, 9 months ago

Dog Helps US Customs and Border Protection Seize Fentanyl Pills Hidden in Burritos

News 18  

Apart from being man’s best friend, dogs are also a huge asset to the security forces across the globe. In a recent incident, a canine helped the US Customs and Border Protection force by sniffing fentanyl pills worth nearly $60,000. In an official release, it was informed that Arizona’s Yuma Sector Border Patrol found several packages of fentanyl pills that …

Mexico sees fentanyl seizures up 465%, denies making drug
4 years, 3 months ago

Mexico sees fentanyl seizures up 465%, denies making drug

The Independent  

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