[FOX] Boston authorities said they seized more than 33 pounds of fentanyl‐enough to kill millions of people‐in connection with one of Massachusetts’ biggest drug busts ever.
In announcing the results of a six-month wiretap probe called "Operation High Hopes," prosecutors said the synthetic opioid was being sold on the street by a drug gang with links to Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa Cartel, the drug organization once led by JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán.
"I want to be clear about the size and scope here," District Attorney Daniel Conley said at a news conference Thursday. "Massachusetts’ fentanyl trafficking statute covers quantities greater than 10 grams. That threshold represents less than 1/1000 of the quantity we’ve taken off the street."
He said the number of overdoses the seized fentanyl could have caused "is truly staggering."
"Individuals who buy and sell at this level aren’t users," Conley said. "They’re not small-time dealers, either. They’re certainly not selling to support a habit. They’re trafficking in addictive substances that claim more lives in Massachusetts than all homicides, all suicides, and all car crashes, statewide, combined." |