DEA and Arizona officials seize 4.5M fentanyl pills, over 3,000 pounds of meth in bust
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This photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division shows some of the 30,000 fentanyl pills the agency seized in one of its bigger busts, in Tempe, Ariz., in August, 2017. The picture shows just one of four plastic containers that were stuffed with the tablets. The Southwest, and Arizona in particular, has become Ground Zero in the nation's fentanyl crisis with plenty of pills and powder staying behind after the drug is repackaged and sent on to New York and other U.S. destinations. Stamped with "M" and "30" like the pain medication oxycodone, the fentanyl-laced pills showed up in recent years as the Sinaloa cartel's newest product. (Drug Enforcement Administration via O...