Arizona police, DEA seize huge quantity of opioid, other drugs in bust targeting powerful Sinaloa cartel

A associated investigation betwixt Tempe, Arizona, constabulary and nan Drug Enforcement Administration targeting nan Mexican Sinaloa supplier cartel has culminated successful 150 individuals charged and nan seizure of millions of deadly fentanyl pills. 

Speaking astatine a Thursday day property conference, rule enforcement said investigators person seized much than 4.5 cardinal fentanyl pills, 66 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 138 kilograms of cocaine, 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, 35 kilograms of hoeing, 49 firearms, and much than $2 million. 

A multi-agency investigation targeting nan Sinaloa Drug Cartel.  (Tempe PD)

Investigators said nan thoroughfare worth of nan narcotics is much than $13 million, while nan fentanyl seized perchance represented 30 cardinal lethal doses. 

"There are fewer families successful our authorities and crossed our state that haven't been touched successful immoderate measurement by nan scourge of nan opioid pandemic and fentanyl crisis," Attorney General Kris Mayes said. 

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Interim Police Chief Josie Montenegro said nan narcotics would person been "poisoning members of our community, including our younker and our susceptible population," had they not been seized. 

Officials said nan pills represented 30 cardinal perchance lethal doses.  (Tempe PD)

In 2022, DEA seized much than double nan magnitude of fentanyl-laced, clone medicine pills that it seized successful 2021. Arizona is simply a awesome distribution tract of nan deadly opioid, pinch nan authorities accounting for much than half of each fentanyl pills seized by DEA agents nationwide successful 2022, FOX 10 reports. 

The DEA says nan Sinaloa Drug Cartel is responsible for astir each deadly narcotics flooding into Arizona and nan nation. 

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"DEA Arizona is laser-focused connected nan Sinaloa Drug Cartel. We will not stop," DEA Special Agent successful Charge Cheri Oz said successful a statement. "This investigation is simply a testament to our beardown partnerships, which alteration america to summation nan basal advantage complete these evil criminal networks." 

The Sinaloa cartel is reportedly much powerful now than nan infamous Medillin cartel was astatine nan tallness of its powerfulness successful nan 1980s and 1990s. Its cross-border operations agelong heavy into nan United States, reaching states acold from nan separator including Minnesota, Washington State, and Rhode Island, according to nan Drug Enforcement Administration.