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| Half-Ton of Fentanyl Pills Seized at Arizona Border -- Largest Bust in CBP History | |
| 2024-08-05 | |
| [Breitbart] Brought to you by the Harris-Biden open borders and Chinese precursors and Messican Cartels U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Lukeville, Arizona, recently made what the agency is calling its largest seizure of fentanyl to date. Officers at the port of entry discovered approximately four million blue fentanyl pills weighing more than 1,000 pounds. The seizure was one of several large fentanyl busts the agency saw during the month of July as part of two special operations targeting fentanyl smuggling and the cartel bosses that move the deadly drug into the United States. CBP officials said in a statement this week that the record-breaking seizure occurred on July 1 when officers at the Lukeville Port of Entry encountered a 20-year-old United Citizen from Arizona attempting to enter the country from Mexico. The Arizona man was driving a 2011 pick-up truck towing a sport recreational vehicle on a utility trailer, not uncommon at the port due to its proximity to beach recreational areas in Mexico. Officers decided to perform a more intensive inspection on the vehicle, trailer, and truck at a secondary inspection area. During that search the officers noticed anomalies throughout the frame of the trailer. A K-9 detection team aided in the search that ultimately led to the discovery of 234 packages containing the four million fentanyl pills hidden in the frame of the trailer. According to CBP, officers at the same port of entry reported that about 270 pounds of methamphetamine were seized several days later. The second seizure occurred on July 12, when a 45-year-old male Mexican citizen driving a 2007 Ford F-150 pick-up truck
CBP estimates the street value for these two significant seizures is more than $12.6 million. These two drug seizures were part of two concerted counter-drug operations, Operation Apollo-Arizona and Operation Plaza Spike. According to the agency, Operation Apollo-Arizona is a counter-fentanyl joint operation focusing on intelligence collection. The operation concentrates law enforcement efforts on disrupting drug and chemical supply, collecting and sharing intelligence, and leveraging valuable partnerships. Operation Plaza Spike targets the plaza bosses and cartels that facilitate the flow of deadly fentanyl and other illicit synthetic drugs. It is designed to disrupt operations in the “plazas,” cartel territories located directly south of the United States that are natural logistical chokepoints within the cartels’ operations. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, in 2022 alone, 107,941 Americans died from drug poisonings, with a staggering 70 percent of those deaths caused by fentanyl and synthetic opioids. Fentanyl remains the leading cause of death among Americans aged 18-45. In a campaign launched by the DEA known as “One Pill Can Kill,” the agency warned the public its testing concluded that one in seven counterfeit pills marketed by Mexican drug cartels was found to contain a deadly dose of fentanyl. Related: Lukeville: 2024-05-15 Arizona Rep. Biggs says border crossings in the Tucson border have skyrocketed Lukeville: 2024-01-22 Chicago mayor treated at hospital for panic attacks amid illegal immigrant crisis, reporter claims Lukeville: 2024-01-22 Cartel human smuggling business is turning entire border towns into war zones | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 The only thing made in China that actually works... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2024-08-05 15:04 |
| #4 There goes Mark Kelly's nomination party. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-05 15:01 |
| #3 If they busted half a ton as a token, just to be able to claim that they really are doing their job, think how much of this shit is getting past them. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2024-08-05 11:51 |
| #2 So what is Hunter to do now? |
| Posted by: 2024-08-05 11:14 |
| #1 Now that they've been seized what will happen to them? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2024-08-05 10:47 |