Border Patrol K-9 sniffs out $2M in fentanyl — enough to kill 48M people — during traffic stop in Arizona

A Border Patrol Okay-9 helped brokers sniff out $2 million value of smuggled fentanyl throughout a site visitors cease in Arizona final week, officers mentioned.

The seizure occurred at a checkpoint alongside I-8 close to Yuma, Yuma Sector Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel wrote on Twitter.

“The narcotics totaled greater than 192 kilos, sufficient to kill 48 million individuals,” McGurk-Daniel wrote.

The quantity of fentanyl seized through the site visitors cease was greater than the entire quantity of fentanyl seized through the entirety of Fiscal Yr 2022 within the Yuma Sector, in keeping with public US Customs and Border Protections statistics. 

McGurk-Daniel shared pictures that present packets of the lethal drug apparently hidden inside automobile seats. 

One other photograph confirmed the Okay-9, whose identify was not instantly given, in entrance of the car after the seats had been opened and searched. 

Fentanyl was additionally discovered hidden contained in the fuel tank of the automobile, FOX10 Phoenix reported.

No particulars in regards to the suspect or any potential expenses had been instantly out there.