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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8091943/CBP-arrests-Mexican-man-smuggling-5-3-pounds-fentanyl-kill-1-2-million-people.html
CBP nabs Mexican man with enough fentanyl to kill 1.2 million people
9 March 2020
Mexican man, 49, arrested smuggling half a million dollars worth of drugs, including 5.3 pounds of fentanyl - enough to kill at least 1.2 million people
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detained a Mexican man with 46.7 pounds cocaine and fentanyl in his car on California highway last Wednesday
The 49-year-old was transporting 5.3 pounds of fentanyl which were enough to kill at least 1.2 million people
The drugs were split into 18 foil packets hidden inside the front and rear car seats
The man, whose name was not released by CBP, was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Agency
Published: 13:45 EDT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 13:45 EDT, 9 March 2020
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted half a million dollars worth of drugs during a highway traffic stop, and arrested a Mexican man smuggling enough fentanyl to kill at least 1.2 million people.
The incident occurred last Wednesday when CBP agents initiated the roadside stop on interstate 15 in Escondido, California.
The 49-year-old man, who legally entered the United States with a B1/B2 visa, was transporting 41.4 pounds of cocaine and 5.3 pounds of fentanyl, according to statement released by the immigration enforcement agency.
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CBP agents arrested a Mexican national driving a car with 46.7 pounds of cocaine and fentanyl hidden inside the front and rear car seats. The seized fentanyl, 5.3 pounds in all, are enough to develop 1.2 million doses that could kill at least 1.2 million people
The suspect had the drugs split in 18 foil covered packets that were concealed inside the front and rear seats of 2007 Gray Toyota Camry.
The seized fentanyl equaled 1.2 million lethal doses.
In total, the illegal narcotics seized by CBP have an estimated street value of $558,000.
The man, whose name was not revealed, was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Agency [DEA].
Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than morphine, was the driving culprit, alone accounting for a 45 percent increase in deaths between 2016 and 2017 in the United States.
In November, the DEA reported that Mexican drug cartel were producing large quantities of counterfeit prescription pills laced with synthetic opioid fentanyl with the intent of distributing them throughout North America.