- Federal agents in Arizona recently seized enough fentanyl to kill over 450 million people at several ports of entry and checkpoints.
- Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations-Tucson Field Office agents working through “Operation Blue Lotus,” and Border Patrol Tucson and Yuma Sector agents working through “Operation Four Horsemen” seized substantial amounts of methamphetamine and over a ton of fentanyl.
- The operations occurred from March 6 to May 8 at four ports of entry and at two checkpoints.
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With two milligrams considered a lethal dose, one ton of fentanyl, or 2,000 pounds, is enough to kill 453,592,400 people.
