Delaware Officials, FBI Seize Enough Fentanyl to Kill 75 Percent of State’s Population

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chemist checks pills containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York on Oct. 8, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

The FBI and local officials in Delaware seized enough fentanyl to kill about 75 percent of the state’s population of nearly 1 million.

Delaware State Police and the FBI on Monday announced 28 arrests in connection with the sting, called “Operation No Mas.”