A California man pulled over in Mobile last month with three packages of fentanyl told investigators he had been paid $10,000 to move drugs but insisted he did not know what kind of drugs they were, according to testimony Thursday.
with three packages of fentanyl told investigators he had been paid $10,000 to move drugs but insisted he did not know what kind of drugs they were, according to testimony Thursday.
“With fentanyl, that is a massive amount,” Mobile County Chief Assistant District Attorney Keith Blackwood told FOX10 News. “I think according to the DEA that’s at least 1.5 million lethal doses. So a substantial amount of fentanyl which is very, very deadly.” Both remain locked up at Mobile County Metro Jail on $1.5 million bail. Blackwood said prosecutors believe the final destination was Pensacola.
“I think you see it all the time,” he said. “They’re commonly called mules – you know, people who are paid to transport drugs. They don’t know what they’re carrying. They know what it is is not right. Or someone will pay ‘em thousands of dollars to travel somewhere. But it happens a lot.”last month, Dearman challenged the prosecution contention that the drugs seized would cause 1.5 million deaths. Regardless of the precise number, though, he said he doesn’t dispute the dangers of fentanyl.
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