The Drug Enforcement Administration said it sized approximately 1 million fake pills laced with fentanyl in a recent raid on a Los Angeles-area safe house linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.
The July 5 bust in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood broke the DEA record for the largest stash of fentanyl pills it has confiscated in California.
“This massive seizure disrupted the flow of dangerous amounts of fentanyl into our streets. … The deceptive marketing coupled with the ease of accessibility makes these small and seemingly innocuous pills a significant threat,” DEA Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner said in a statement.