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(The Center Square) – A multi-agency undercover fentanyl trafficking investigation in Central Florida led to the largest seizure of fentanyl in the history of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Enough fentanyl, potentially killing nearly 3 million people, was seized in two separate drug busts with connections to North Carolina this past month.

Florida authorities arrested three suspects and seized more than 11 pounds of fentanyl as part of an undercover drug trafficking bust. One suspect was in the U.S. illegally.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office just made the largest fentanyl drug bust in its history, a case that has links to Mexican drug cartels.

Detectives with the Central Florida HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) task force, working together with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, conducted an undercover fentanyl drug trafficking investigation that resulted in three suspects being arrested, and the largest seizure of fentanyl in the history of the Polk County…

During an investigation, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, 11 pounds of fentanyl was seized — which is "enough to kill 2.7 million people."

Judd said the amount of fentanyl seized, 11 pounds, was enough to kill 2.7 million people.