COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Enough fentanyl to kill more than 36 million people was seized by South Carolina law enforcement in what authorities say is the largest fentanyl bust in the state’s history.
Law enforcement agencies recovered 156 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid during a coordinated operation earlier this month, federal and state officials announced Wednesday.
On July 1, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted two coordinated traffic stops in Richland and Lexington counties. Inside a tractor trailer transporting legitimate commercial goods, authorities discovered large, sealed packages of narcotics…