The american border police have made a record catch of the dangerous drug fentanyl, which in recent years has cost thousands of lives in the UNITED states.
the Police found 114 pounds of fentanyl hidden in a truck with cucumbers, which was on its way across the border from Mexico to Arizona, the UNITED states, writes the Associated Press.
the Majority of fentanylen was in powder form and have an estimated street value of 3.5 million dollars (20 million kroner). The police found at the same time, 179 pounds of meth a street value of 1.2 million dollars.
– Just a few grains of fentanyl can kill a person very quickly, said Michael Humphries, head of the border police in Nogales, Arizona.
Photo credit: U. S. Customs and Border Protection/ Reuters
The u.s. narkomyndigheder, the DEA, reports that there is talk about the biggest catch of fentanyl ever. The previous record dates from august 2017, where authorities found 66 kilos of fentanyl in an apartment in Queens, New York.
Mexican drug cartels have increased the smuggling of fentanyl, which is typically hidden in cars and trucks and run over the border at Nogales, Arizona and San Diego, California.
the DEA agent Doug Coleman says that fentanylen was discovered thanks to good old-fashioned policing.
the Officer ruled on his gut feeling, says Coleman the Associated Press.
Photo credit: U. S. Customs and Border Protection/ Reuters
Fentanyl has in recent years resulted in an explosion of deadly overdose in the UNITED states. Alone in 2016, the dead 18000 people of an overdose of fentanyl, informs the u.s. national institute of health, CDC.
president of the UNITED states, Donald Trump, in his justification for embarking on a grænsemur against Mexico highlighted fentanylens tragic consequences.
Fentanyl – also known as heroinens synthetic cousin – is in the opioid-group and about 100 times more potent than morphine.