Tag: fentanyl

Feds: San Diego Region—’Epicenter’ of Fentanyl Trafficking Into US

SAN DIEGO—Federal authorities said Aug. 11 that fentanyl trafficking and drug seizures are on the rise in the San Diego region, which they described as “an epicenter” of fentanyl trafficking into the United States. Law enforcement in San Diego and Imperial counties seized 5,091 pounds of fentanyl from October of 2021 to this June, which…


Mexican Army Seizes 1.5 Tons of Meth, 328 Pounds of Apparent Fentanyl in Fruit Juice Truck

The Mexican army on Aug. 11 seized almost 1.5 tons of meth and 328 pounds of apparent powdered fentanyl in the northern border state of Sonora, officials said on Thursday. Soldiers, who were acting on a tip, also found 816,486 pills apparently containing fentanyl that had been packed inside 46 drums aboard the offending truck. The Defense…


San Diego Man Arrested in Connection With Two 2018 Fentanyl-Related Deaths

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego man suspected of supplying two Riverside County residents with lethal doses of fentanyl was arrested this week on suspicion of murder. Christopher Michael Koppa, 36, was arrested Aug. 8 and booked into a Riverside County jail in connection with the 2018 deaths of two men who died a few weeks apart,…


Opponents Urge Newsom to Veto Legalized ‘Drug Dens’ Legislation

A California mom whose fentanyl-addicted son is living on the streets of San Francisco is calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto legislation that would allow the creation of supervised drug consumption sites in Los Angeles and San Francisco counties, as well as the city of Oakland. “It’s insanity. It’s normalizing drug use,” Jacqui Berlinn,…


Night Train to Oblivion: Anatomy of an American OD

On the morning of the last day of his life, Adam Rashid called his parents to tell them he was about to be discharged from Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. He had gone there the night before, just after being released from the county jail where he had been held for a…


Florida Man Arrested in Theft of 125 Bronze Cemetery Vases

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–A 31-year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested on July 24 after the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office said he stole 125 bronze vases from a cemetery and sold them as scrap for “quick cash” to buy fentanyl. According to arrest records, Douglas Deck, Jr. removed more than 125 vases from various burial plots at…


Traffickers Busted With 150,000 Fentanyl Pills Skip California Court After Cashless Bail Release

Two alleged drug traffickers who were arrested during a traffic stop in California last month after they got busted with 150,000 pills of fentanyl failed to show up for court on Thursday, according to multiple reports. Jose Zendejas, 25, and Benito Madrigal, 19, both from Washington, were arrested in Tulare County on June 24 with…


Florida Attorney General Urges Biden to Declare Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sent a letter urging President Biden to declare fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction.” If the president acts on Moody’s letter by either using his executive authority or urging Congress to designate fentanyl as a WMD, the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, and the Pentagon would…


‘Needless Slaughter’: Florida AG Presses Biden Admin to Declare Fentanyl a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’

The attorney general in Florida is calling the Biden administration to declare illicit fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction” as fentanyl trafficking and overdose deaths soar. “Given how many Americans are being murdered, the whole federal government and every tactic and capability that we have should be utilized to stop the death and destruction that…


Louisiana Coroner Warns Counterfeit Pills Are Making US Dangerous for Teens, Plaguing His Community

South Louisiana’s coroner has warned that deadly counterfeit pills are making America dangerous for teenagers and that fake medications are plaguing his community. “This is probably the most dangerous time to be a teenager here in America,” Dr. Charles Preston, the coroner in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, told Fox News. “Teenagers think they’re getting one drug for…