Border Patrol Agents Seizing Record Amounts of Fentanyl, Meth in Arizona, Texas

Border Patrol Agents Seizing Record Amounts of Fentanyl, Meth in Arizona, Texas
Packages containing 1,337 pounds of methamphetamine seized by CBP officers at Del Rio Port of Entry in Texas on Sept. 5, 2022, in a photo released on Sept. 7, 2022. CBP
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are seizing record amounts of fentanyl and meth in Arizona and Texas brought in by Mexican cartel operatives and foreign nationals trying to enter the United States illegally.

In just five separate inspections ahead of Labor Day weekend, for example, officers seized 625,000 pills in Nogales, Arizona, which borders Sonora, Mexico, Michael Humphries, CBP Director of the Nogales Port of Entry, said.

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