(Washington Insider Magazine) -The drug was trafficked from Mexico and was hidden in a compartment in the lower column of the train.
Nogales, Arizona, is one of the border areas between the United States and Mexico where there are the most drug crossings, which is why it also becomes the region where the most seizures of illicit shipments occur.
Customs And Border Protection
On this occasion, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents seized more than 700,000 fentanyl pills and almost 200 pounds of methamphetamine that were smuggled from Mexico via train car.
That shipment was detected by agents working in rail operations at the Nogales-Grand Avenue port of entry, which directly connects Arizona Interstate 19 to Mexican Federal Highway 15.
“CBP officers searched a train entering from Mexico and discovered a compartment in a railroad car containing approximately 736,200 fentanyl pills and 196 pounds of methamphetamine,” Michael Humphries, CBP director at the CBP, said on his Twitter account. Nogales port.
The official added that the drug, distributed in various packages sealed with cinnamon tape, was hidden in a compartment in the lower column of the train, so no detainees were reported.
In addition to this seizure, border agents found two other shipments of fentanyl that were transported in two different vehicles. According to Humphries, 152,400 pills were hidden in one of the cars, while 148,000 pills were found in the other unit.
Fentanyl Pills in The United State
With these blows, in just over 24 hours, the agency prevented more than a million fentanyl pills from being distributed in the United States, the drug that has caused a public health crisis due to the more than 100,000 overdose deaths that have been reported. registered in 2021.
To reveal the seriousness of this situation, the director of the DEA, Anne Milgram, recently stated in a statement that, throughout 2022, the agency seized 379 million doses of fentanyl, a sufficient quantity to “kill all US citizens.”
This article is written by La Opinion.
