ST. LOUIS – Calling it “a significant blow to drug trafficking networks,” the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced its agents seized more than 57 million potentially fatal doses of fentanyl during the second phase of a nationwide operation to reduce the illegal supply and demand of the drug.
Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America ran from Jan. 12 to Feb. 10.
Agents from the DEA St. Louis Field Division—which includes Missouri, Kansas, and Southern Illinois—removed nearly 600,000 doses of powder fentanyl and counterfeit pills from the streets, along with nearly $2 million in suspected drug proceeds. During the 30-day operation, agents also seized approximately 240 pounds of methamphetamine, 57 pounds of cocaine, and 48 firearms. Agents made 165 arrests…