{"id":530461,"date":"2022-12-23T00:56:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T21:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/arizona-customs-seized-more-than-1m-fentanyl-pills-this-week\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T00:56:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T21:56:16","slug":"arizona-customs-seized-more-than-1m-fentanyl-pills-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/arizona-customs-seized-more-than-1m-fentanyl-pills-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"#Arizona customs seized more than 1M fentanyl pills this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a502b7829b3a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a502b7829b3a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/arizona-customs-seized-more-than-1m-fentanyl-pills-this-week\/#%E2%80%9CArizona_customs_seized_more_than_1M_fentanyl_pills_this_week%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Arizona customs seized more than 1M fentanyl pills this week&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CArizona_customs_seized_more_than_1M_fentanyl_pills_this_week%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Arizona customs seized more than 1M fentanyl pills this week&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Fentanyl is flooding Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>US Customs and Border Protection officials seized more than one million fentanyl doses in border city Nogales this week alone  \u2014 just weeks after another 1.5 million pill haul in the same location, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1605928918921449472\/photo\/1\">according to Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CBP agents found roughly 300,000 pills hidden in two smuggler vehicles in the town Tuesday, and another 736,000 doses \u2014 along with 196 pounds of meth \u2014 on a train <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing into the US from Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>An additional 1.5 million fentanyl pills were seized in Nogales earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday it has intercepted 379 million fentanyl doses this year alone \u2014 enough to kill every American.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-30.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Fentanyl pills seized in Arizona this week.\" class=\"wp-image-25104843\" width=\"618\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1234 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=926 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-30.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Officials intercepted more than one million doses of the deadly narcotic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">U.S. Customs and Border Protecti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"998\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-29.jpg?w=998\" alt=\"A post from US Customs and Border protection showing their haul which was had been hidden in a train\" class=\"wp-image-25106293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-29.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1996 1996w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-29.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1497 1497w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-29.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=998 998w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-29.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=499 499w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-29.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\"\/><figcaption>A post from US Customs and Border Protection showed their haul which had been hidden in a train.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">U.S. Customs and Border Protecti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The federal agency said two Mexican drug cartels \u2014 Jalisco and Sinaloa \u2014 are mostly responsible for the flood of the deadly synthetic opiate into the country.<\/p>\n<p>The DEA said the cartels obtain the necessary chemicals for the lethal product from China and produce the drugs in hidden Mexican factories. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram has said smashing those two cartels is her agency\u2019s top priority.<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl accounts for roughly 70 percent of all drug overdose deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-34.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Fentanyl seized in Nogales this week.\" class=\"wp-image-25104837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-34.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-34.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-34.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Fentanyl pills seized in Arizona this week were packed into car seats.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">U.S. Customs and Border Protecti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-28.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"CBP officers found two vehicles stuffed with Fentanyl pills  \" class=\"wp-image-25106299\" width=\"618\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-28.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>CBP officers found two vehicles stuffed with Fentanyl pills. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">U.S. Customs and Border Protecti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-31.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Fentanyl seized in Nogales this week.\" class=\"wp-image-25104852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-31.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-31.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/US-Customs-and-Border-Protection-31.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Fentanyl now accounts for 70 percent of all drug overdose deaths.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">U.S. Customs and Border Protecti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There were 37,208 fentanyl deaths in 2020 and 41,587 in 2021, a sharp hike of 12 percent, the CDC said.\u00a0Just 2 milligrams of fentanyl \u2014 an amount that fits on the tip of a pencil \u2014 is considered a potentially deadly dose of the drug, which is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin.<\/p>\n<p>Fatal opioid overdoses have hit teens especially hard during the pandemic. The CDC found that opioid death for victims ages 14 to 18 skyrocketed by 94% between 2019 and 2020, and another 20% the following year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the DEA issued a warning about fake fentanyl-laced pills made to look identical to real pre<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion medications,\u00a0including OxyContin, Percocet and Xanax. Laboratory testing earlier this year revealed six out of 10 bogus pills contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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