San Diego Sheriff’s task force touts seizure of 1.9 million fentanyl pills

Bags of fentanyl pills Photo courtesy of the Drug Enforcement Administration Approximately million fentanyl pills pounds of cocaine pounds of methamphetamine and pounds of heroin were seized in an -month period the San Diego County Sheriff s Office broadcasted Monday The fentanyl had a street value of million according to the announcement Fentanyl deaths in San Diego County fell in from the previous year according to statistics from the Diagnostic Examiner s Office cited by Sheriff Kelly Martinez at the Monday news conference at the County Administration Center The sheriff s office began seeking additional funding to combat fentanyl use in and received million in state funding in thanks to efforts by Sen Brian Jones R-Santee Martinez declared When children as young as years old began dying from using the drug we knew we needed to act with more urgency Martinez commented The Board of Supervisors allocated last year for fentanyl investigations by the sheriff s office Thanks to this teamwork we are making great strides Martinez stated Supervisor Joel Anderson who wrote the motion for the funding disclosed he was pleased by the results Just think about those pills not on our streets Anderson mentioned These are drugs that if you use them once you re addicted for life