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,...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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Phoenix — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Thursday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 254 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona. The drug was found hidden Saturday...
SACRAMENTO — Three men from the Oroville and Palermo areas have been indicted on federal charges alleging they conspired to sell and sold hundreds of counterfeit oxycodone tablets laced with fentanyl. U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott and Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea announced that a grand jury...
NOGALES, Ariz. — US Customs and Border Protection made the largest seizure of fentanyl in the agency’s history on Saturday at the Nogales port of entry on the US-Mexico border, Port Director Michael Humphries announced Thursday. Officers uncovered...