Arizona troopers seize enough fentanyl to ‘kill more than half a million people,’ DPS says

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A virtually deadly crash investigation resulted in Arizona troopers discovering $5.1 million price of fentanyl – probably saving a whole bunch of 1000’s of lives.

At round 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 on eastbound I-10 close to Sacaton, Arizona Division of Public Security troopers responded to a crash. They discovered the motive force of a ’89 Ford truck misplaced management, rolled over, and he was ejected. He has life-threatening accidents.

“In the course of the subsequent collision investigation and car stock, troopers found quite a few packages of tablets hid all through the truck. In whole, troopers seized roughly 286 kilos of suspected fentanyl tablets – or roughly 1,297,000 tablets – from the car,” DPS mentioned. “The estimated road worth of the fentanyl seized is roughly $5.1 million.”

DPS offers background on the hazards of fentanyl in its information launch, saying that 4 out of each 10 tablets laced with fentanyl has at the least 2 milligrams in it, which is a recipe for a lethal dose.

“Primarily based on these figures, there was sufficient fentanyl on this seizure to probably kill greater than half 1,000,000 folks,” DPS remarked.

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