More lethal fentanyl found along the border this year than last

Published June 28, 2021 6:00pm ET



Federal authorities have seized significantly more fentanyl along the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona and California since October than they did in the entire 2020 fiscal year.

Since October, authorities have seized 7.000 pounds of the drug, compared to just 4,500 pounds in the entire last fiscal year, according to data from Customs and Border Protection. The reason, according to authorities, is simply supply and demand.

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