{"id":1172660,"date":"2021-12-30T13:04:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T18:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172660"},"modified":"2021-12-30T13:04:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T18:04:33","slug":"dea-ariz-police-seize-record-1-7m-fentanyl-pills-at-u-s-mexico-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-ariz-police-seize-record-1-7m-fentanyl-pills-at-u-s-mexico-border\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA, Ariz. police seize record 1.7M fentanyl pills at U.S.-Mexico border"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdea-ariz-police-seize-record-1-7m-fentanyl-pills-at-u-s-mexico-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172660&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2457703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2457703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. (Photo by DON EMMERT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:28 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, December 30, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Drug Enforcement Administration along with Arizona police seized a record 1.7 million fentanyl pills at the U.S.-Mexico border. The DEA confirmed it teamed up with Scottsdale Police and Arizona\u2019s Attorney General\u2019s Office to carry out the drug bust earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The agency did not give details of any arrests or the specific location of the sting operation. During a press conference, however, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said the agency\u2019s latest seizure helped prevent thousands of overdose deaths.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cDEA agents in Arizona seized approximately 1.7 million pills and 13 pounds of fentanyl in a single operation,\u201d she announced. \u201cI am confident that the DEA agents and the task fore officers prevented a significant number of overdoses and overdose deaths with just that seizure alone.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1.7 million fentanyl pills seized this week by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DEAPhoenixDiv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DEAPhoenixDiv<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottsdalePD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScottsdalePD<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arizonaago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@arizonaago<\/a> saving over 700,000 lives. Traffickers are using social media platforms to enter your homes &amp; push their deadly pills. Get the facts <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qg1LSzXkC3\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qg1LSzXkC3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t0NUPTw1B3\">pic.twitter.com\/t0NUPTw1B3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DEAPhoenix (@DEAPHOENIXDiv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEAPHOENIXDiv\/status\/1471699844502720516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fentanyl overdoses account for thousands of deaths in the U.S. every year. The DEA said it has seized more than 20 million deadly fake pills and over 15,000 pounds of fentanyl powder this year.<\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/one-on-one-with-hispanic-leadership-fund-president-mario-h-lopez\/\">One-On-One With Hispanic Leadership Fund President Mario H. Lopez<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. 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