Feds seize 10 million doses of illegal drugs, including pills designed to look like heart-shaped candy, in Massachusetts [View all]
Source: CBS News
November 6, 2023 / 11:40 PM EST
Law enforcement seized 220 pounds of illegal substances worth an estimated $8 million in street value in Massachusetts, the Justice Department announced Monday. According to court documents, the seized drugs included about 900,000 individual doses of powdered fentanyl and 20 pounds of pink, heart-shaped pills resembling a popular Valentine's Day candy that allegedly contained fentanyl and methamphetamine.
On July 5, officials started investigating an overdose death in Salem, Massachusetts. They used the victim's Snapchat account to contact an individual about purchasing more pills, which led to an additional three months of surveillance investigation. Law enforcement earlier this month arrested three men — Emilio Garcia, 25, Emilio Garcia, 33, and Deiby Felix, 40 — allegedly connected to a large-scale drug trafficking organization in the area.
The men were charged with various crimes related to their alleged possession and distribution of illegal drugs. According to court papers, "multiple children" lived in the apartments on the first and second floors of the residence in which the lethal substances were allegedly stored. According to charging documents, law enforcement found drug mixing, distribution tools and three loaded firearms inside the basement of the home during a court-authorized search on Nov. 1.
"This is believed to be one of the largest single-location seizures of fentanyl and methamphetamine in the history of New England," investigators said in court papers. In written statements, Attorney General Merrick Garland called the use of heart-shaped drugs "depraved," while FBI Director Christopher Wray said they posed "an enormous risk to children."
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