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Border agents report record fentanyl haul hidden in truckload of Mexican produceAssociated PressBorder agents report record fentanyl haul hidden in truckload of Mexican produceU.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Thursday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 254 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce during an inspection of a truck heading into Arizona.The drug was found hidden Saturday morning in a compartment under the floor of a tractor-trailer after a scan during secondary inspection indicated "some anomalies" in the load, and the agency's police dog team alerted officers to the presence of drugs, the Nogales CBP port director, Michael Humphries, said.Most of the seized fentanyl, with an estimated street value of about $3.5 million, was in white powder form and about 2 pounds was in pills. Agents also seized nearly 395 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $1.18 million, Humphries said.Read more at: https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-fentanyl-bust-20190131-story.html
Yes, it was a very big bust. Very dangerous. On fox earlier, they seemed to intone it came from China originally or at least, the chemicals did.