PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. — Officials have recently seized $15 million worth of powdered fentanyl from properties in Pinal County.
On Aug. 30, detectives with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office intercepted a package dropped off at a UPS store that contained a kilo of powdered fentanyl.
Detectives then executed search warrants the next day at homes in Arizona City and Eloy, where more illegal drugs were discovered. The amount of powdered fentanyl seized by investigators was enough to manufacture three million pills, PCSO said.
Gabriel B. Lopez, 36, was taken into custody and booked into jail.
PCSO said the suspect was allegedly mailing drugs to New York, New Hampshire, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania.
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