Texas authorities busted a suspected fentanyl lab last month, Fox News has learned, which law enforcement believes could be linked to efforts by Mexican cartels
have busted a suspected fentanyl lab in Houston which was disguised as a car rental, and which law enforcement believe is linked to Mexican cartels seeking to expand their reach into the U.S.
Texas Department of Public Safety raided the building on Jan 30th, finding pill press machines, more than 17lbs of possible fentanyl precursors from China, over 1 kilogram of suspected counterfeit Xanax pills laced with fentanyl and 0.3 lbs fentanyl-laced Oxycodone. Authorities also found cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine pills, a stolen vehicle, three pistols and a rifle.
Law enforcement arrested four men on an array of offenses including felony evading in a motor vehicle and the manufacturing and distribution of fentanyl. Fox News has learned that all four are out on bail as of Wednesday morning.The U.S. has been grappling with an opioid crisis for year, much of which is down to fentanyl.
Fentanyl is primarily made in Mexico using Chinese precursors and smuggled across the land border. Authorities told Fox this week that the case is an example of how drug cartels in Mexico are seeking to expand drug distribution throughout the state of Texas and the U.S. by moving production to U.S. soil.Fentanyl seizures have shot up at ports of entry in the last few years, which officials cite as a success due to the drug being apprehended rather than allowed into the U.S.
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