Driver hauling 90,000 fentanyl pills pulled over near Colorado state line

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A driver made it 10 miles into the state Wednesday morning before authorities pulled him over and discovered several packages containing different forms of the deadly narcotic fentanyl. 

The driver, 22-year-old Adan Carrillo-Murillo, was stopped by a Mesa County Sheriff's Office deputy near mile marker 10 on Interstate 70 in the area of Mack, Colorado, according to an MCSO press release

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The deputy pulled 16 wrapped packages from Carrillo-Murillo's vehcile. Fifteen of the packages contained an estimated total of 90,000 blue fentanyl pills. The remaining package contained 2.4 pounds of white fentanyl powder.

Adan Carrillo-Murillo credit: Mesa County Sheriff's Office

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Carrillo-Murillo was arrested  and booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on two felony drug charges reflecting his alleged transport of drugs across state lines and intent to distribute them. 

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