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California Drug Busts Net Big Hauls of Fentanyl, Other Narcotics

In one operation, officials find 66 pounds of fentanyl during a traffic stop in Sacramento County.
California Drug Busts Net Big Hauls of Fentanyl, Other Narcotics
A Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy arrests a suspect during Operation Folsom Blues. Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
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From Northern California to the Mexico border, law enforcement officers made several recent arrests and seized fentanyl-laced pills, marijuana, guns, and ammunition during multiple incidents, officials announced.

Officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and detectives with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department discovered 330,000 fentanyl-laced pills during a traffic stop in Northern California, the CHP announced Nov. 1
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