A drug bust in the state of Arizona took a dangerous turn when one of the suspects allegedly opened fire on law enforcement officers.
Border Report noted that the shooting occurred in the parking lot of a discount store in west Phoenix, where a Drug Enforcement Administration informant was waiting to receive a delivery of 50,000 fentanyl pills from a suspect.
According to documents filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the pills, along with a “sample” of fentanyl powder, were meant to serve as the precursor to a larger drug purchase involving 150,000 synthetic opioid pills and up to one kilogram of powder…