Louisville customs intercepts ‘enough fentanyl to kill 220,000 people’
United States Customs and Border Protection in Louisville stopped a dangerous drug from getting through the city's port.
CBP reported Wednesday that they seized a shipment from South Africa that had enough fentanyl to kill 220,700 people.
The package it was in was listed on the manifest as water purification and destined for a home in Littleton, Colorado.
When officers inspected the package, they found a white powder in a bottle that was labeled hydrocodone. Another bottle labeled as bicarbonate minerals also had the same white powder.
Both tested positive as being fentanyl.
In all, they seized 441 grams of the substance. That's at least $58,000 in street value, CPB said.
Some cocaine was also seized in the shipment that they said was worth about $3,280.
CBP officers say they have been busy seizing narcotics that are arriving at the Port of Louisville.
Since Sept. 1, CBP has seized 20 pounds of fentanyl.
"Our officers are committed to keep our country and communities safe from illegal and dangerous drugs," said Louisville’s Port Director Thomas Mahn. "This seizure is one example of the quality enforcement work they do on a daily basis."
Also seized in September, CBP says, were 17 pounds of cocaine, 20 pounds of fentanyl, 83 pounds of steroids, 119 pounds of ketamine, 123 pounds of heroin, 141 pounds of methamphetamine and 251 pounds of marijuana.