The Drug Enforcement Administration, along with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, showed off 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills, 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder, and more than two pounds of methamphetamines on Monday. Agents said they seized the pills from a storage unit after the drugs were discovered inside.
According to investigators, this is the largest single fentanyl seizure in Colorado and the sixth-largest in the country. They also said fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45.
Investigators said the seizure represents thousands of lives saved.
“It is also indicative that the Mexican cartels continue to traffic significant quantities of fentanyl to Colorado, and the seizure has been tied to active DEA investigations involving federal, state, and local partners, touching six different states, as well as Mexico, targeting the Sinaloa Cartel,” said DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge David Olesky…