Tag: U.s. Drug Enforcement Administration
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DEA says Mexican cartels behind Colorado fentanyl trade | 2024: A LOOK BACK
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Every fentanyl distribution case throughout Colorado in 2024 could be tracked back to two major Mexican cartels — Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation, agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) told The Denver Gazette. “You might be focusing on a single distributor here. But if it’s elicit fentanyl, it will trace back to…
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War on fentanyl: Adams County first responders taking new approach in effort to save lives
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Name a vehicle that’s red all over and read all over. Answer? Adams County Fire Engine #11. The six-wheeled, 33-foot first-responder vehicle is believed to be the first and only fire engine in the country fully wrapped with anti-fentanyl messages in English and Spanish. The…
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Rocky Mountain DEA breaks fentanyl seizure record for second straight year
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division broke a record for the most fentanyl pills seized in Colorado last year. This year, the division has already broken the previous record with a month left. The law enforcement agency has confiscated around 2.7 million fentanyl pills in the state as of the beginning of…
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Denver police arrest 3 suspects in fentanyl pill-producing operation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Officers raided a home and arrested three people allegedly involved in a fentanyl operation that authorities believe could churn out 20,000 fentanyl pills a day. Denver’s narcotics unit began investigating the alleged operation earlier this year. After several months, the Denver police, Homeland Security…
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After a year of declining fentanyl deaths, Denver sees alarming increase
After seeing a reprieve, of sorts, from fentanyl overdose last year with the number of deaths in Colorado reaching a plateau — a first in three years — the opioid appears to be making a deadly come back in 2023. Preliminary numbers in Denver show a roughly 16% increase in the number of fentanyl overdose…