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he Department of HomelandSecurity seized 900 pounds of fentanyl on the southern border in the first week of its new initiative to crack down on the deadly synthetic opioid.
The drug seizure was one of the largest made in a single week recently by Customs and Border Protection officials and took place after the launch of Homeland Security’s Operation Blue Lotus on March 13th.
Seven hundred pounds of methamphetamine and over 100 pounds of cocaine were also seized, according to DHS. The operation deployed extra canine units and advanced technology to conduct 18 seizures, 16 federal arrests and two state arrests.
The move was part of “a multi-pronged strategy” by the Biden administration “to combat the scourge of fentanyl,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. 👀🇺🇸🙏
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