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U.S. Border Patrol says a sniffer dog aided the capture of a suspect accused of smuggling 250 pounds of fentanyl worth more than $3 million in the early hours of Monday, July 18, 2022 enough to kill all Americans, The Washington Times reports.
Fentanyl from U.S. - Mexico border
The U.S. –
Mexico border is not just a haven for people smuggling but drugs smuggling as
well. The July report by the Department of Homeland Security also showed 10
more terrorism suspects arrested by Border Patrol in in July alone, according
to The Washington Times.
Customs and
Border Protection said they seized 2,071 pounds of fentanyl coming in from
Mexico in July, more than half the number seized in April and more than three
times the 640 pounds nabbed in June, according to The Washington Times.
How much fentanyl is enough to kill a man?
2 milligrams
of fentanyl is enough to kill, and considering July’s seizures, the drug is
more than enough to kill nearly 470million people and amount to nearly 1% doses
for every American, according to The Washington Times.
The Customs
and Border Patrol told The Washington Times that one GMC trucked stopped by
Border Patrol agents was found to have about 250 pounds of fentanyl pills.
Another GMC Yukon entering Mexico was found to contain 100 pounds of the deadly
drug hidden inside bags of flour, cans of ground coffee and powdered milk.
Where else in the U.S. is fentanyl smuggled?
About 1,100
pounds of fentanyl came from Southern California of the nearly 2,100 pounds of
fentanyl seized in July, representing about two-thirds of the drugs seized. The
drugs is often hidden in cars, trucks or sometimes hidden on the smuggler’s
bodies.
The CBP said
it is expanding its use of technology to stop drug smuggling at U.S. – Mexico border
crossings.
“Fentanyl is a more recent category of drug and we continue to see more of it on a daily basis,” the agency said in a statement to The Times.
Fentanyl, a
synthetic opioid is considered stronger than heroin in magnitude and is often
added to other drugs to boost potency, cut costs and make it easier to sustain
addictions, according to The Washington Times.