1 million pills with fentanyl seized in record bust near LA

[Nick Street]

1 million pills with fentanyl seized in record bust near LA

Posted: JUL 15, 2022 / 05:55 PM CDT | Updated: JUL 15, 2022 / 05:55 PM CDT

(NewsNation) — One million pills containing fentanyl were seized during a raid near Los Angeles this month in what the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration called the largest bust of its kind ever in California.

The pills were found when agents served a search warrant on July 5 at a home in Inglewood that investigators believe was a stash house with links to Sinaloa cartel traffickers, the DEA said in a statement.
“This massive seizure disrupted the flow of dangerous amounts of fentanyl into our streets and probably saved many lives,” DEA Special Agent Bill Bodner said in the statement.

The pills have an estimated street value of $15 to $20 million dollars, officials said.

The Sinaloa cartel was founded by the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is currently serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Los Angeles Field Division, shows some of the seized approximately 1 million fake pills containing fentanyl that were seized when agents served a search warrant, July 5, 2022, at a home in Inglewood, Calif. (DEA via AP)

This is far from exclusively a California problem. The Texas Department of Public Safety said since March of last year, they’ve seized 1,630 pounds of the drug — equivalent to over 369 million lethal doses and enough to kill the entire U.S. population.

“It’s a very heavily profited drug,” said Lt. Chris Olivarez, spokesperson with the Texas DPS. “They get the precursors from China. They are then able to manufacture these tablets and Americans believe it’s some type of depressant or stimulant but what they don’t realize is it’s a 100 percent dose of fentanyl.”

Drug trafficking is only one part of the equation. The other big part is human smuggling. Involved in a car chase in Del Rio, Texas, last week, Texas DPS ran a fleeing truck down and after it stopped, roughly a dozen migrants hopped out, making a break for it. Most were eventually caught.

Days earlier, a similar incident occurred in Mission, Texas. Migrants typically pay tens of thousands of dollars to be smuggled across the border, then driven north. Experts say the cartels oftentimes take advantage of those most desperate.

“They have this whole apparatus where they’re really preying upon people,” said Victor Manjarrez, border security instructor at The University of Texas at El Paso. “And I think that’s the thing that’s most misunderstood.”

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[Nick Street]

I really don't understand the appeal of a drug this dangerous

 

[Unknown Poster]

I really don't understand the appeal of a drug this dangerous

I've known people who were hooked on it. they do it because it's cheaper than heroin with the same effects sometimes more intense effects than that.

 

[DatNkkaCutty]

They keep posting these busts talking about...

"$10 milli + seized in Fetty (500K) pills, yada, yada...."

I've seen this same narrative dozens of times, within the last few years.

Now logically, we'd all say, these are just the pills, they caught. For the millions that have gotten thru...WHERE ARE ALL THE FATALITIES? The fetty is already in pill form. It takes a "grain of salt" amount, to kill most folks. Obviously a lot of folks, feens, etc. fukk wit the fetty, but again.....WHERE ARE ALL THE MILLIONS, upon MILLIONS OF users, droppin from the tablets, that did make it thru? The #s don't add up IMO, if it's so lethal/fatal.

Obviously, it can be fatal, but if straight fetty is coming thru, I'd be expecting WAY MORE fatalities. Maybe someone else can educate me....

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

I really don't understand the appeal of a drug this dangerous

That's cap as most are smoking straight fetty powder now up here.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

I've known people who were hooked on it. they do it because it's cheaper than heroin with the same effects sometimes more intense effects than that.

Yea people who were using needles don't anymore

 

[DreadBrown]

A few people probably just had their lives saved and dont even know it

 

[Mowgli]

Synthetics

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

NEW PUSHA

 

[DaddyFresh]

They keep posting these busts talking about...

"$10 milli + seized in Fetty (500K) pills, yada, yada...."

I've seen this same narrative dozens of times, within the last few years.

Now logically, we'd all say, these are just the pills, they caught. For the millions that have gotten thru...WHERE ARE ALL THE FATALITIES? The fetty is already in pill form. It takes a "grain of salt" amount, to kill most folks. Obviously a lot of folks, feens, etc. fukk wit the fetty, but again.....WHERE ARE ALL THE MILLIONS, upon MILLIONS OF users, droppin from the tablets, that did make it thru? The #s don't add up IMO, if it's so lethal/fatal.

Obviously, it can be fatal, but if straight fetty is coming thru, I'd be expecting WAY MORE fatalities. Maybe someone else can educate me....

Its not straight fetty. They are pressed in cartel run labs by chemist that put just enough to get a high that feel like a perk, vicodin etc.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

This is absolutely quite loco in my opinion!

 

[Tim2520]

A lot of people are going to die over this fukk up

 

[get these nets]

A lot of people are going to die over this fukk up

Yep
They forfeited their lives/freedom once they signed up for that life though. It's a package deal.

 

[maxamusa]

I've known people who were hooked on it. they do it because it's cheaper than heroin with the same effects sometimes more intense effects than that.

Exactly; I don't think Junkies are too concerned with the "Danger" of getting a fix lol. They want the highest high possible @ whatever cost