An illegal immigrant pulled over for speeding in Nevada allegedly had enough fentanyl in his truck to kill millions, federal prosecutors say.Francisco Joel Garcia Farias, 26, now faces federal drug-trafficking charges after a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy stopped his pickup on a rural highway and a narcotics detection dog alerted to the vehicle, according to the U.S.Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada.Inside, authorities say they found 13 large storage totes packed with approximately 30 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 677 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, a combined haul of more than 700 pounds.CALIFORNIA K-9 OTIS HELPS POLICE SEIZE 440 POUNDS OF COCAINE DURING ALHAMBRA TRAFFIC STOPA Homeland Security Investigations file photo shows a display of packaged drugs.
The image accompanied the announcement of a Nevada fentanyl and methamphetamine bust and is not identified as evidence from that traffic stop.(U.S.
Attorney's Office, District of Nevada)"The massive scale of this seizure underscores the staggering volume of illicit narcotics flowing into our communities from transnational criminal organizations," said First Assistant U.S.Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada."Fourteen kilograms of fentanyl alone represents approximately seven million potentially lethal two-milligram doses — enough to kill more than twice the population of Nevada — and, when combined with over 650 pounds of methamphetamine, represents an estimated street value of approximately $2 million," Chattah said.AS A US ATTORNEY, I SEE FENTANYL'S HORRIFYING TOLL UP CLOSE.
CONGRESS MUST ACT NOWPackages of suspected narcotics fill a storage tote recovered during the investigation of Francisco Joel Garcia Farias, who faces federal fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking charges.(U.S.
Attorney's Office, District of Nevada)Based on that lethal-dose estimate, the fentanyl could potentially kill nearly twice the population of Los Angeles, everyone in Indiana, or roughly ...