Border Patrol has stored enough fentanyl to kill 794M, own agents at risk

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5. 28 CFR 50.21 - allows for Representative sample

Procedures governing the destruction of contraband drug evidence in the custody of Federal law enforcement authorities.

This regulation is intended to prevent the warehousing of large quantities of seized contraband drugs which are unnecessary for due process in criminal cases. Such stockpiling of contraband drugs presents inordinate security and storage problems which create additional economic burdens on limited law enforcement resources of the United States.

Fentanyl is controlled in Schedule II of the Controlled Substances.


Granted there are legal maneuvers, but the evidence in total will never appear in a courthouse unless there are strict hazardous evidence procedures. When was the last time you saw 1ton of marijuana in a courtroom?

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2014-title28-vol2/CFR-2014-title28-vol2-sec50-21]