Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a massive fentanyl bust, calling it “the largest seizure in our nation’s history.”
The multi-agency operation resulted in the seizure of 11.5 kilos of fentanyl, including approximately three million fentanyl pills.
Bondi said six of the individuals arrested were in the country illegally.
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AG Pam Bondi has announced the largest fentanyl seizure in American history, totaling more than 3 million pills, along with several dozen kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, and more.
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Fox News reports:
Bondi said that around 35 kilos of methamphetamine, 35 kilos of meth, 7.5 kilos of cocaine and 4.5 kilos of heroin were also seized along with $5 million in cash and 49 rifles and pistols.
Sixteen people including three women, were arrested in the operation. Six of the males are in the U.S. illegally, Bondi said.
ADVERTISEMENTThe leader of the group, Alberto Salazar Amaya, is a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, who was living in Salem, Oregon, and drugs were being distributed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Phoenix, Arizona, and in Utah, Bondi said.
“We’re very proud to announce today a historic Sinaloa Cartel arrest and it marks the most significant victory in our nation’s fight against fentanyl and drug trafficking to date,” Bondi said at a press briefing in Washington D.C. “This multi-agency operation, led by DEA, with our local, state, tribal and federal partners targeted one of the largest and most dangerous drug trafficking and foreign terrorist organizations in our country.”
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What the DEA found:
❌11.5 kilos of fentanyl
❌3 million fentanyl pills
❌$5 million approximately in cash.
❌35 kilos of methamphetamine.
❌35 kilos of meth. 7.5 kilos of cocaine.
❌4.5 kilos of heroin.
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Per Daily Mail:
On stage with Bondi at the Justice Department building on Tuesday were agents and prosecutors with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico.
Alongside the group were posters with images of the drugs seized and the traffickers arrested.
Bondi praised the partners who helped make the historic operation a success.
‘They have made the largest fentanyl bust in our nation’s history,’ she lauded.
Amaya and six of his accomplices were in the U.S. illegally when they were arrested in connection to the drug trafficking ring.
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