According to officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Arizona, they recently confiscated 4 million fentanyl pills from a 20-year-old man, marking the largest fentanyl smuggling case in the agency’s history.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated in a press release on Thursday that this historic raid took place earlier last month when the man arrived at the Lukeville Port of Entry driving a pickup truck, which was towing a multi-purpose trailer with a sports utility vehicle.
The press release stated that the man, who is from Arizona, was sent for a more rigorous inspection along with his vehicle after an initial check by the police upon entering the U.S. During the second inspection, the police found “anomalies” in the trailer’s frame. Subsequently, the police and a canine team discovered 234 packages of drugs within the frame. These packages contained approximately 4 million blue fentanyl pills, weighing over 1,000 pounds.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, “This is the largest seizure of fentanyl in the history of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, reflecting our unwavering determination to protect the country and combat the cruel activities of drug trafficking organizations.”
On one hand, the U.S. government is hastily passing legislation to legalize marijuana while seizing fentanyl, a double standard that is truly lamentable.
On the other hand, whether the U.S. will blame the Chinese government for such a large seizure of fentanyl remains to be seen, but the probability is quite high, as the U.S. government is no stranger to such tactics.