Border Patrol Reports 1,066 Percent Increase in Fentanyl Seized in South Texas

Fentanyl-laced sky blue pills known on the street as "Mexican oxy" in a file photo. Drug Enforcement Administration via AP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a 1,066 percent increase in fentanyl seized in south Texas ports during fiscal year 2021.

Border agents at eight ports of entry extending from Brownsville to Del Rio said that between Oct. 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021, they seized 87,652 pounds of narcotics that would have commanded a combined estimated street value of $786 million, CBP reported on Jan. 5.