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Police Seize $500,000 of Fentanyl
Concealed In Carne Asada Beef At
California Traffic Stop
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More than 40% of American adults know someone who died from an overdose, according to a survey posted earlier this year.
The Rand Corporation, a non- profit think tank, said nearly a third of sur- vey responders said an drug overdose death has disrupted their life, but noted that little is known about the impact of these deaths on extended families.
Fatal overdoses have been on an upward trajectory since 2000. At least 109,000 U.S. deaths were reported in 2022, up past 100,000 in 2021. Most of the overdos- es were due to syn- thetic opioids like fen- tanyl.
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed overdose deaths through September 2023 increased about 2% compared to 2022.
By
Anthony Robledo, USA Today
California officials have seized nearly $1.7 million worth
of fentanyl this month in two traffic stops, including one where the illegal drug was concealed in raw beef.
The first stop occurred Oct. 3 on Interstate 5 in Fresno County, where California Highway
Patrol
found 11 pounds of fentanyl worth around $500,000. The drug was located inside multiple packages
of raw carne asada beef stored in a cool- er, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office.
Officers arrested the Washington suspect, who was booked in Fresno County Jail, the governor's office said in a news release.
The next day, patrol officers seized around 120,000 fentanyl- laced pills worth $1.2 million during a Merced County traffic stop on Interstate 5, the governor's office said. Officers also recovered two hand- guns and arrested two Washington resi- dents who face multi- ple felony charges.
“Throughout the state, California con- tinues the tough work
to
get deadly and illegal drugs off our streets. I am proud of the efforts by our CHP officers here to help keep our community safe and hold drug peddlers account- able," Newsom said in the news release.
The governor's office claims California has been able to crack down on fentanyl traf- ficking after adding around 250 more service members at
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