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A U.S. citizen is facing federal felony charges after allegedly being caught trying to smuggle 7.18 kilos of fentanyl pills ...
A U.S. citizen is facing federal felony charges after police say he allegedly tried to smuggle fentanyl into the country ...
Nogales, Arizona, has a population of around 20,000 people, so most of the 5 million fentanyl pills seized this year at its ports are not intended for Nogales residents, notes Humphries, the port ...
Arizona ports of entry saw the highest amount of fentanyl seized in August — and more than at the rest of the U.S. border with Mexico plus the border with Canada. Customs officers at Arizona ...
Bueno was charged a month later for allegedly selling another 2.25 pounds of fentanyl pills. On Dec. 23, the Arizona Department of Public Safety arrested Bueno on suspicion of transporting nearly ...
PHOENIX — Two men were indicted on several charges for the possession and selling of 75 pounds of fentanyl pills in Tucson in 2024, according to a press release. On Jan. 2, a grand jury indicted ...
United States Customs and Border Protection agents just announced their largest fentanyl seizure ever. The announcement on Thursday related to half a ton of fentanyl seized at the Port of Lukeville on ...
Two separate incidents in Yuma and Tucson on June 6 resulted in 138 pounds of drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamine by Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers, according to a news release.
PHOENIX — A Tucson woman was sentenced on Tuesday to 60 months in prison for trafficking approximately 453,000 fentanyl-laced pills and one kilogram of fentanyl powder. Alegria Pompeya Mendoza ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — Arizona is the gateway for this deadly drug. There are two sides to synthetic fentanyl. Addiction and death. 17-year-old Noah Ayala died on March 17 after taking a ...
Tucson City Council passed a motion declaring the town’s fentanyl epidemic a “public health crisis” on Oct. 17. As defined by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, fentanyl is ...
That’s why the Tucson Police Department said they’re prosecuting people who sell fentanyl. They said almost 54% of the fentanyl seized throughout the country comes from Arizona.