Posted on 08/09/2017 3:14:47 AM PDT by SMGFan
NEW YORK -- Federal agents say they seized 20 pounds of fentanyl and heroin in an Aug. 4 raid of an apartment building in New York City's Upper West Side neighborhood, across the street from Central Park, reports CBS New York.
The drugs are valued at more than $3 million, according to investigators. Drug Enforcement Administration Special-Agent-in-Charge James Hunt said that much fentanyl could prove deadly to a large population if handled improperly.
Fentanyl: What you need to know about the deadly opioid "Twenty pounds of fentanyl in its purest form is potent enough to kill half the population of New York City," Hunt said. "So it's not good to have in a residential building, obviously. You know, if somebody spills it coming out of the building, it could pose a danger to the public." Hunt said breathing in or ingesting fentanyl through pores can be fatal.
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What’s the rent for one of these “units” on the west side?
Hundreds of thousands of dollars? A million? This is a big bust but they make it sound like an everyday thing.
Break out the waterboarding apparatus!
Most of this stuff is originating in China
Some would call the killing of half the population of New York City a start. Not me mind you, but some people.
So what is fentanyl? Is it flammable? Explosive? If so how did people smuggle it in? Dido they swallow or surgically pack it inside their own body.
The Fed’s ought to be all over every “Chinatown, USA” in a nationwide sweep.
Let’s drop it in powder form over North Korea. No damage to buildings, on radiation.
That's about 125,000 per ounce. I know it was a guestimate by the person, but it makes me wonder how deadly it actually is - how would you cut something like that so everyone who used it wouldn't OD?I guess being ignorant of most drugs is a blessing.
meanwhile across the street the local
pharmacy doles out thousands of opioid pills every day.
big pharma hates competition
So one can kill half of NYC for a measly $3 million investment?
“meanwhile across the street the local
pharmacy doles out thousands of opioid pills every day.”
And thank God they do. I just underwent some rather extensive sinus surgery. Norco is the only thing that has made the last several days bearable.
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*I guess being ignorant of most drugs is a blessing. *
Take the D.A.R.E. program at your kids elementary school. You’ll even learn their street nicknames and how they are consumed.
Then why mention it?
You base it in a liquid form then base it over with the cheaper but top of the line opiodic drug.
Dry this mix out and dry mix with cheaper cut of based opiod.
Mule it to distributor(s). This is catchall money point usually also
A lethal dose of pharmaceutical fentanyl is said to be 2 milligrams. There are more than 28,000 milligrams in an ounce. That’s 450,000+ milligrams per pound.
Some drugs are dispensed in amounts like 50 mcg, which is 5/100th of a milligram.
“said to be 2 milligrams”
Thanks I had no idea it was so powerful. That is really more weapon than party supply.
Thank obama and china, that is where most of the Fen is coming from, besides the fake stuff and what is stolen out of US Pharmacies, it is then laced into COKE, Heroin, Meth, and other ILLEGAL DRUGS.
THE USA DOES NOT HAVE A OPIOID CRISIS WE HAVE AN ILLEGAL DRUG CRISIS THAT ONLY A HARD CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGALS, A WALL, AND CHINA WILL STOP. AND LONG PRISON SENTENCES FOR SELLERS. IF YOU CAN TRACK THE DRUG TO THE DEALER CHARGE THEM WITH MURDER.
YOU get caught dealing or transporting it you are hung by the neck..
in public where you live
Your trail is in one week and you are hung in two
one week for appeal
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