LOS ANGELES—Roughly 1 million counterfeit pills containing fentanyl were seized earlier this month in Inglewood, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced Thursday. “This record-breaking bust is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills (the) DEA has made in California,” the DEA said in a statement. The investigation, which began in May, involved the DEA Los…
1 Million Fentanyl Pills Seized in Inglewood
July 14, 2022
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