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(NewsNation) — Agents astatine the Port of Lukeville successful Arizona made the largest fentanyl seizure successful U.S. Customs and Border Protection past Tuesday, seizing 4 cardinal fentanyl pills, Director of Field Operations for the Tucson Sector Guadalupe H. Ramirez posted to X.
The drugs, weighing implicit 1,000 pounds, were recovered successful the framework of a inferior trailer.
Federal officials person surged resources and seized much drugs successful California and Arizona successful caller months, fearing Mexican cause cartels volition displacement their smuggling pipeline east.
Fentanyl seizures successful the Tucson Sector astatine the Nogales Port of Entry person exceeded 2.2 cardinal pills this fiscal year, according to CBP.
The synthetic opioid is 1 of the starring causes of decease successful America, resulting successful an estimated 74,702 overdose deaths successful 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
