LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Special agents and task force officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field Division have seized 170,617 fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and 177.76 kilograms of fentanyl powder since Jan. 1, 2025.
The Louisville Field Office covers the states of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, and the DEA Laboratory estimates that these seizures represent nearly 89 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl, as two milligrams of fentanyl is considered to be a potentially lethal dose.
“I’m very proud of our efforts; but as long as fentanyl remains the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45, we still have a lot of work to do,” said Jim Scott, special agent in charge of the DEA’s Louisville Field Division. “While the number of fentanyl-related deaths is trending downward, fentanyl is still the greatest drug threat facing America right now, and no community has been spared from its devastating effects. We’ve all been touched by this in one way or another.”
Two Mexican drug cartels—the Sinaloa and Jalisco (CJNG) Cartels—are primarily responsible for producing the fentanyl trafficked into America. The drug is mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced from China…