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1,500 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized at the Border as California Enlists Help of National Guard

The haul included nearly 2 million pills with a street value of about $12 million. The Guard is pitching in at the border just as the CHP did in the Bay Area.
1,500 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized at the Border as California Enlists Help of National Guard
Seized fentanyl is displayed during a press conference at BC RCMP Divisional Headquarters in Surrey, Canada, on Feb. 23, 2024. The Canadian Press/Tijana Martin
Kimberly Hayek
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The California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force helped seize 1,541 pounds of illicit fentanyl at the southern border last month, including more than 1.7 million fentanyl pills with an estimated street value of $11.9 million.

Guard members with the task force are deployed in cross-government efforts to stop transnational organizations that traffic fentanyl and other illegal narcotics.

Kimberly Hayek
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.