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A pair of suspects carry150,000 fentanyl pillsand may kill millions, so transportation stops in Southern California on Friday. Was arrested during.
The traffic outage occurred just before 7:30 pm. Near Highway 99 near Turea, said the Turea County Sheriff's Office.
Detectives said 150 packages, each containing1,000 fentanyl tablets, were hidden in the car. According to the sheriff's office, the total retail price of the drug was estimated at $ 750,000.
The suspects have been identified as 25-year-old Jose Zendehas and 19-year-old Benito Madridgal in Washington State. Details about where the man got the medicine and where he was heading were not immediately known.
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Zenehas and Madridal possession, Sale of illegal drugs arrested for transportation. They were booked at the pre-trial facility in Turea County.
Jose Zendejas, 25, 19 years old According to authorities Benito Madridgal was found in 150 packages, each containing 1,000 fentanyl tablets , during a traffic outage in Turrea County, California. (Tulare County Sheriff's Office)
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, "about 100 times and 50 times more powerful than morphine. Analgesia. More than heroin as an agent, "according to the Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
150,000 The total street value of pills is the sheriff's office According to it, it will be $ 750,000. (Tulare County Sheriff's Office)
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The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics found that 107,622 people died from drug overdose in 2021, 71,238 of whom were associated with synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. I presume that it is.
Turea is about 3 hours north of Los Angeles.
