DEA announces Colorado’s largest fentanyl seizure ever
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is announcing Colorado's largest fentanyl seizure ever.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) says that 1.7 million fentanyl pills were seized in this latest bust. The CBI says they are connected to an investigation that has transpired over the course of this year.
According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO), the pills were located after a resident legally purchased a storage unit at auction. After purchasing the unit, the buyer found what appeared to be illicit drugs, and the sheriff's office says they did the right thing by contacting law enforcement.
“This played out like an episode of a TV show, where a winning bidder legally bought a storage unit and unbeknownst to them, the unit contained 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills and another 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder,” said DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge David Olesky. “There is no doubt many lives have been saved by keeping these poison pills of the streets of Colorado.”
Not only is this Colorado's largest fentanyl seizure, the DEA says that this is the 6th largest in the United States.
According to the DEA, the original registered owner of the storage unit was already in federal custody when the drugs were located.
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