{"id":2517556,"date":"2025-12-04T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-million-fentanyl-pills-seized-by-california-national-guard\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:38:49","slug":"one-million-fentanyl-pills-seized-by-california-national-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-million-fentanyl-pills-seized-by-california-national-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"One million fentanyl pills seized by California National Guard"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fone-million-fentanyl-pills-seized-by-california-national-guard%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=2517556&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--><p>The California National Guard set a state record in October by seizing over 1.2 million fentanyl pills valued at approximately $64.5 million. This operation was conducted by a specialized narcotics team funded through a $30 million investment in the 2022 state budget. In 2023 alone, California servicemembers, working with other state agencies, have confiscated more than 3 million fentanyl pills, with a total seizure since 2021 exceeding 51.8 million pills worth nearly $500 million. The seizures come amid a national opioid crisis, with fentanyl overdoses responsible for over 72,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2023. Efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-democrats-trade-barbs-over-border-field-hearing\/\" title=\"Republicans, Democrats Trade Barbs Over Border Field Hearing\">combat fentanyl trafficking<\/a> have been intensified by various initiatives, including the HALT Fentanyl Act signed into law by former President Donald Trump, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >military actions targeting drug trafficking operations<\/a> at sea. State officials emphasize the ongoing war against deadly drugs and the importance of expanding coordinated efforts to prevent overdose deaths.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">National Guard seizes over a million fentanyl pills in California<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2404125\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\">California<\/a> National Guard broke a state record in October for the number of narcotics seized in a single month after it confiscated 1,238,281 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fentanyl\/\">fentanyl<\/a> pills worth an estimated $64.5 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The narcotics were seized by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\">National Guard<\/a>&lsquo;s specialized narcotics team, which was created through a $30 million investment approved in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ebudget.ca.gov\/2022-23\/pdf\/Enacted\/BudgetSummary\/CriminalJustice.pdf\">2022 state budget<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3903350\/will-trump-give-albanias-edi-rama-free-pass-drug-cartel-links\/\">Will Trump give Albania&#8217;s Edi Rama a free pass on drug cartel links?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/3904483\/biden-administration-did-not-vet-rahmanullah-lakanwal-2021\/\">Biden administration did not vet or run Lakanwal&#8217;s name through databases in 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;More Americans died from drug overdoses in 2022 and 2023 than U.S. soldiers killed in every war since World War II combined. We are in a war, a war against deadly drugs and the smugglers pushing them into our communities,&rdquo; state Assemblyman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ad08.asmrc.org\/\">David Tangipa<\/a> (R-CA) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m proud to see the National Guard expanding its efforts to stop fentanyl, and I hope to see even larger, coordinated operations in the future. Every overdose death is a preventable one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Gov. Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s (D-CA) office for comment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just this year, servicemembers, in conjunction with other state agencies, have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2025\/12\/03\/1-2-million-fentanyl-pills-seized-in-30-days-thanks-to-calguard-servicemembers\/\">seized<\/a> 5,174.99 pounds of fentanyl, or over 3 million pills, estimated to be worth around $43 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the drug efforts in 2021, the troops have helped seize over 35,065 pounds of fentanyl, which equals over 51.8 million pills. The street value of the total haul is estimated to be $498.4 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Narcotics, specifically fentanyl, claim the lives of over 72,000 people in the United States in 2023 alone, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/overdose-prevention\/about\/fentanyl.html\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The seizure comes as the United States continues to intensify its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reconnaissance-jet-makes-unprecedented-run-along-mexico-cartel-coast-hegseth-declares-all-options-on-the-table\/\" title=\"Reconnaissance Jet Makes Unprecedented Run Along Mexico Cartel Coast, Hegseth Declares &#039;All Options on the Table&#039;\">counter-narcotics operations<\/a>. President Donald Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3438693\/congress-passes-halt-fentanyl-act\/\">signed<\/a> the HALT Fentanyl Act into law in July, which codified harsher penalties for those distributing the drug and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/LSB11343\">authorized<\/a> counter fentanyl operations to be carried out by law enforcement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/3310424\/halt-fentanyl-act-gives-americans-hope\/\"><strong>THE HALT FENTANYL ACT GIVES AMERICANS HOPE&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has escalated the war on drugs since September, carrying out air strikes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-looks-to-pivot-to-land-drug-trafficking-after-deadly-boat-strikes\/\" title=\"Trump looks to pivot to land ... trafficking after deadly boat strikes\">suspected drug trafficking boats<\/a> and submersibles in the Caribbean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Countless drugs were eradicated in a U.S. military strike on a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3856079\/trump-confirms-us-strike-drug-submarine\/\">narco-trafficking submarine<\/a> in October. In the same month, at least two more strikes were carried out on alleged drug-running boats, which killed six people, the Pentagon <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3871206\/un-demands-investigation-controversial-trump-boat-strikes-drug-cartel\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Guard seizes over 1 million fentanyl pills in CA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4015,"featured_media":2517559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fentanyl-epidemic.webp?w=500","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[57064,65528,53186,10250,35975],"class_list":["post-2517556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-california-national-guard","tag-drug-enforcement","tag-drug-seizure","tag-fentanyl","tag-public-safety"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fentanyl-epidemic.webp?w=500","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517556"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517561,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517556\/revisions\/2517561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2517559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}