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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two men from Sinaloa, Mexico, were arrested for allegedly carrying astir 33 pounds of Fentanyl -a quantity that could termination astir 7.5 cardinal people, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said.
Sheriff's officials accidental they made a postulation usurpation halt connected a conveyance traveling on Interstate 5 successful Fresno County. As detectives were speaking to the men successful the vehicle, K-9 Gere picked up a scent of narcotics, alerting detectives.
Detectives accidental a hunt of the conveyance revealed respective packages containing 33 pounds of powdered Fentanyl which, deputies say, erstwhile chopped down into smaller usage amounts, this quantity of Fentanyl has the imaginable to termination 7.5 cardinal people.
As a result, the Sheriff's Office says 21-year-old Manuel Gonzalez Lopez and 32-year-old Mario Andujo Hernandez, some of Sinaloa, Mexico, were arrested and booked into the Fresno County Sheriff's Office nether suspicion of possession of narcotics for sale.
Manuel Gonzalez Lopez.
Mario Andujo Hernandez.Deputies accidental the full thoroughfare worth of the Fentanyl was estimated to beryllium $250,000. It was seized for grounds and destruction.
The Sheriff's Office encourages anyone with accusation regarding immoderate benignant of amerciable cause enactment to study it anonymously by calling the Narcotics Hotline astatine 1-800-660-1086 oregon emailing drugtip@fresnosheriff.org.
