PHOENIX — 70,000 fentanyl pills and three guns are now off the streets of Arizona after a drug bust in May, the Phoenix Police Department announced in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
On May 23, the Phoenix Police 61X Neighborhood Enforcement Team pulled a driver over and found a "large quantity of fentanyl pills" in their car.
VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL: La policía de Phoenix confiscó 70,000 pastillas de fentanilo en una redada para incautar droga
Officers later served a search warrant at the suspect's home and found 70,000 fentanyl pills, $13,600 in cash and three firearms.
That suspect has been identified as 25-year-old Alfonso Gudalupe Cardona Barrios and he is facing several felony offenses, according to Phoenix police.
This is a developing story and more details will be added as they are made available.
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