Florida Officials Seize Enough Fentanyl to Kill 4 Million People

Drug trafficking operation shut down

Florida authorities shut down a fentanyl operation and seized an amount of fentanyl enough to kill more than 4 million people, the Florida state attorney general's office announced on Sept. 21, 2022. Clay County Sheriff's Office

Florida authorities shut down a fentanyl trafficking operation and confiscated more than eight kilograms (about 17.6 pounds) of the illicit synthetic opioid—enough to kill more than 4 million people—the state attorney general’s office said on Sept. 21.

According to Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office, the alleged traffickers used the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to order the fentanyl from California.