FBI Director Kash Patel and local officials announced in Cincinnati on Wednesday the indictment of dozens of people and companies connected to an “international drug conspiracy” impacting southern Ohio.
Patel said the case is “the first of its kind” in addressing precursors that help make fentanyl. Specifically, it focuses on four Chinese companies that claim to be legitimate pharmaceutical businesses but are instead knowingly marketing and distributing cutting agents to the U.S.
“What other country in the world has a fentanyl crisis? None. Just us,” Patel said…