A man with alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel was arrested and almost 45 pounds of a fentanyl and cocaine mixture were seized by federal authorities during an operation in a Denver suburb.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said Monday that Alberto Reyes-Carrillo was arrested last week with the help of Homeland Security Investigations and the Longmont police.
Mr. Reyes Carrillo is being held on a $500,000 bond in Boulder County.
“Fentanyl-related deaths rose over 70% in Colorado during 2021 and it isn’t slowing down,” Ryan L. Spradlin, special agent in charge for HSI Denver, said in a release.