…deadly fentanyl to kill every man, woman, and child in the nation.” As of Nov. 11, the multi-agency effort has led to more than 323,000 apprehensions and more than 21,600…
Terminal Inmate Dies While in Custody, 10th This Year
…Trelynn Wormley, 23, is believed to have died as a result of a fentanyl overdose. Fort Worth police are investigating his death. Lyonell Mitchell Jr., 72, died in John Peter…
$18.6M of Meth Seized at Texas Border
…of fentanyl, and 11 pounds of heroin. These narcotics had a combined street value of over $28.5 million. Howe added that the Trade and Travel Facilitation in Laredo processed 81,367…
CDC Loosens Opioid Guidelines
…helpful. However, he claimed that the recommendations actually resulted in patients being thrown “from the oxycontin frying pan into the fentanyl fire.” In 2021, opioid deaths increased by 15% from…
New Deadly Drug Is Hitting Texas Streets
…Treatment Center in Arlington explained how combining Xylazine with fentanyl allegedly makes a high last longer. He also warned that 40% of people who use fentanyl die from it, even…
Texas Law Enforcement Continues to Thwart Human Smuggling
…and made more than 21,400 criminal arrests, with more than 18,900 felony charges reported. They’ve also seized over 350 million lethal doses of fentanyl—enough to kill everyone in the United…
Operation Lone Star Works to Combat Fentanyl Crisis
…(DPS), for example, has seized more than 342 million lethal fentanyl doses. On October 17, Abbott launched the “One Pill Kills” campaign as part of Operation Lone Star. “Fentanyl remains…
OLS Realities: Continued Successes, Record Number of Dead
…million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to kill everyone in the United States. A recent apprehension by DPS troopers provides a glimpse into the daily reality in Texas. In this…
Beware Rainbow Fentanyl Pills Hidden in Halloween Candy
…seized the largest amount of fentanyl to date in New York City – 15,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills hidden in a Lego toy box. Agents said the pills were primarily supplied…
Abbott, Sheriffs Address Fentanyl Crisis From Southern Border
…fentanyl crisis. “Cartels are bringing fentanyl across the border in record amounts,” Abbott said. “Texas DPS alone has confiscated enough lethal doses to kill every man, woman, and child in…
Texas Agents Intercept $1 Million in Fentanyl
…a meeting with Kellough for the fentanyl pills. “During this telephone call, Kellough informed the CD (informant) that he had approximately 25,000 fentanyl pills that he could deliver to the…
DEA: 36 Million Doses of Fentanyl Removed from U.S. Communities
…more than 10.2 million fentanyl pills and approximately 980 pounds of fentanyl powder. Their operations took place between May 23 and Sept. 8, 2022. The operations saved the lives of…
Dallas Roundtable Raises Awareness of Local Fentanyl Deaths
…of tactical and special operations at the Dallas Police Department, added that city police officers have seized 15,000 grams of fentanyl since 2019, including 3,700 grams this year alone. “Fentanyl…
OLS Officers Apprehend Over 700 people in One Night
…in Texas and New Mexico. The trooper also confiscated the man’s pistol and drugs he was transporting in his vehicle, including marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl pills, and alprazolam pills. The…
Ex-Angels Employee Given 22 Years for Texas Death
…vomit and that a toxic mix of alcohol, fentanyl, and oxycodone was in his system. Kay, 48, had been facing a minimum of 20 years, which U.S. District Judge Terry…
Local Drug Bust Siezes Fentanyl Pills, Guns, Cash
…on federal charges of conspiracy to possess fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times…
VIDEO: Texas DPS, Texas National Guard Apprehend Human Smugglers
…of fentanyl, enough to kill everyone in the United States. Texas’ border security mission, fully funded by Texas taxpayers, “continues to fill the dangerous gaps left by the Biden Administration’s…
Local Mom Warns About New Fentanyl Pills
…parents about the drugs that took her son’s life, like the new rainbow-colored fentanyl pills. Much of the fentanyl has entered Texas by being smuggled across the southern border, leading…
Abbott: NYC Mayor Stance on Unlawful Immigration Hypocritical
…felony charges. Texas DPS alone has seized over 337 million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to kill everyone in the U.S. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents have confiscated enough…
World Mental Health Day 2022
…to the lack of communal support during lockdowns, many turned to drugs, alcohol, excessive screen time, and other self-destructive behaviors. The timing could not have been worse as fentanyl, known…