The truck was transporting cucumbers, but something much more dangerous was hidden inside: fentanyl, the extremely potent narcotic that has contributed to the epidemic of overdose deaths in the United States in recent years. The stash,...
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) — Three men were charged Thursday for selling fentanyl-laced drugs in Butte County, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.Guillermo Jose Leon Ramirez, 41, of Oroville; Justin James Garcia, 44, of Oroville; and William Lee Vollendroff, 43, of Palermo, were indicted by a...
Officials in the US have seized 114kg (254lbs) of fentanyl, in what is being described as the biggest haul they have ever detected.The synthetic drug has been fuelling a...
The US Customs and Border Patrol announced Thursday they had seized 115 kilograms (254 pounds) of deadly fentanyl, one of the largest-ever seizures of a drug blamed for tens of thousands of overdose deaths annually in the country.The fentanyl, along with 179 kgs of methamphetamine,...
Two men ran a heroin mill from one of the upper floors of a...
CBP officers with the seized fentanyl and methamphetamine at the Nogales port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo: CBP) (CNSNews.com) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers searching a cucumber-laden tractor trailer at the Nogales crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border at the weekend found and...
More than 3,000 active duty troops are headed to the U.S. southern border. They will join the 2,300 already there. Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan asked the Department of Homeland Security for more assistance earlier this month. The troops will be working in surveillance and detection. President Trump confirmed...
A Saturday drug bust by agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection was announced as the largest capture of fentanyl ever made in the United States.Officials from the government agency announced the news on Thursday, stating that 254 pounds of the synthetic opioid were confiscated...
Kellyanne Conway inadvertently made a strong case for not building President Donald Trump’s proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall on Thursday, according to dozens of Twitter users.The apparent self-own came as Conway, a White House counselor to the president, celebrated the largest seizure of fentanyl in the history...
