DPS finds over 1.2 million fentanyl pills while investigating crash in Sacaton

SACATON, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — The Arizona Division of Public Security says over 1.2 million fentanyl capsules had been seized throughout a crash investigation final week.

On Feb. 16, DPS troopers responded to studies of a crash on I-10 close to Casa Blanca Highway in Sacaton. DPS says the motive force of a Ford pickup truck misplaced management, inflicting his automobile to roll over. He was thrown from the truck and brought to the hospital with life-threatening accidents.

Throughout their investigation of the crash, troopers discovered packages containing roughly 1,297,000 suspected fentanyl capsules. DPS says the capsules seized weigh round 286 kilos. The estimated avenue worth of the fentanyl discovered is about $5.1 million.

In accordance with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 4 out of each ten capsules laced with fentanyl include at the very least two milligrams of the artificial opioid, which is a probably deadly dose. DPS says there was sufficient fentanyl discovered within the truck to probably kill greater than half 1,000,000 individuals.

On the identical day because the crash, DPS troopers gave Narcan to a girl suspected of overdosing on fentanyl after a site visitors cease on U.S. Route 93 in Congress. She was given a second dose of Narcan by the hearth division and brought to a hospital.

DPS says troopers will proceed working in the direction of combating the unlawful smuggling and distribution of medication like fentanyl.

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