254-pound fentanyl seizure sets record at Nogales border crossing

[DesertRat]

This seizure is thanks to the trained personnel of Customs and Border Patrol along with drug-sniffing dogs, X-ray equipment, plus other smart technology at the Nogales, AZ port of entry. This what we need at the border. NOT a Wall!

NOGALES — Customs officers stationed at the commercial border crossing in Nogales made the largest fentanyl seizure ever recorded at any port of entry in the United States the day after President Donald Trump signed a bill putting an end to the longest government shutdown in history.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a canine officer alerted other officers to the presence of 254 pounds of fentanyl hidden inside an 18-wheeler carrying cucumbers, during a secondary inspection at the Mariposa port of entry just past noon on Saturday.


He noted just how deadly that amount can be in very small doses. The synthetic opioid is 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

In addition to the fentanyl, officers also seized 395 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside the compartment in the 18-wheeler.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2019/01/31/254-pound-fentanyl-seizure-sets-record-nogales-arizona-border-crossing/2731969002/

[MFGsunny]

1. At PORTS OF ENTRY, at ports of entry, at PORTS of entry ....

How many times do we have to say it?????? Fu*k ANY wall, for goodness' sake!

[DesertRat]

3. Yes, in an 18 wheeler at a port of entry, not in the desert.

And this was a Mexican national, not Central American asylum seeker. Better technology and more law enforcement officers will enable future seizures. Not a stupid vanity wall!

[superpatriotman]

2. Dogs are amazing!

How do they train them to sniff fentanyl when it's so dangerous in small amounts?

[DesertRat]

4. Dogs are super-sensitive scenting machines!

It's amazing how they can pick up a faint odor some distance away AND can track and pinpoint it.

[Hassler]

8. Dogs are even used to find the cremated remains of humans.

Apparently they can still smell us even if we're nothing but ash.

[ret5hd]

5. Did the truck turn right or left?

[DesertRat]

6. Yeah, I'd like Donnie to show us where the trucks supposedly turn off

Here's a picture of the Nogales port of entry.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Trumpy don't care