A package arriving in Louisville, Kentucky, from South Africa was labeled as "water purification," but contained enough fentanyl to kill 220,700 people, authorities said.
Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers discovered 52 pounds of suspected fentanyl inside hidden compartments built into a vehicle during a traffic stop on I-19.
Nevada State Police arrested a driver who was found transporting 56 pounds of suspected fentanyl, worth an estimated $3.6 million, during a traffic stop of U.S. Highway 93.
A traffic stop on I-10 in Arizona yielded the discovery of 46 pounds of fentanyl pills that were being smuggled from Mexico to the Phoenix area, authorities said Friday.
Virgil Xavier Bordner, 22, sold a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl to 17-year-old Zachary Didier in December 2020. Didier died after ingesting the pill.