Illegal migrant pulled over for speeding allegedly had enough fentanyl in truck to kill millions

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.“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.Based on that lethal-dose estimate, the fentanyl could potentially kill nearly twice the population of Los Angeles, everyone in Indiana or roughly the entire population of Paraguay.“These staggering quantities reflect a blatant disregard for human life, driven purely by profit,” Chattah said.The Justice Department identified Garcia Farias as an illegal immigrant in its announcement of the charges.The bust began Oct.13 on US Highway 93 near Ash Springs, Nevada, where a deputy saw the pickup traveling above the posted speed limit, according to prosecutors’ account of the criminal complaint.After the dog alerted, deputies searched the truck and uncovered numerous vacuum-sealed packages inside the totes.Authorities recovered approximately 187 packages of a white crystalline substance weighing abou...