MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The director of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force says agents seized one pound of the deadly drug, fluorofentanyl, and eight pounds of methamphetamine during an interdiction operation Tuesday.
Director Johnie Carter said on December 9th, agents with the West Tennessee Violent Crime and Drug Task Force’s Criminal Interdiction Unit were working a special assignment at an undisclosed location in Memphis, where they seized the illicit substances.
Fluorofentanyl is a synthetic compound of fentanyl and is created through the addition of another atom to the chemical structure.
“It is approximately 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine and much more potent than regular fentanyl because fluorofentanyl breaks down in the body to yet another chemical that is dissolved much easier in the body’s fat, allowing it to cross the blood-brain barrier much quicker and at greater quantities than regular fentanyl can,” said Director Carter.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy commended the efforts of the West Tennessee Drug Force agents…