Posted on 11/21/2023 12:45:03 AM PST by nickcarraway
New details of a federal investigation into a "massive" fentanyl ring were released Monday as officials announced 11 additional suspects -- out of 23 total in custody -- had been arrested in connection with the illegal sale and distribution of the ultra-deadly synthetic opioid, which health officials say is a major factor in the country's overdose epidemic.
"Fentanyl is the greatest threat to Americans today," the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Anne Milgram, told reporters at a news conference.
"It is devastating families across our country and killing Americans from all walks of life," Milgram said. "And it is the leading cause of death today in the United States for Americans between the age of 18 and 45."
Authorities said their investigation began with the overdose death of 20-year-old mother Diamond Lynch.
Lynch died almost instantly in Washington, D.C., in April 2021 after taking a pill that had been made to look like the prescription pain medication Oxycodone, Milgram said.
Officials described how Lynch's supplier had caused her to overdose in the past before eventually providing her with the deadly fake pill that killed her.
"Our investigation did not stop there, though," said Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. "We uncovered leads that pointed to a massive fentanyl distribution network."
"This was a conspiracy that flooded the District of Columbia with fake pills containing fentanyl dangerously marked, as they so often are, with 'M-30' imprints to resemble legally manufactured Oxycodone," Graves said.
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Pelousy’s fault
“And it is the leading cause of death today in the United States for Americans between the age of 18 and 45.”
where is this group getting all that fentanyl to make so many pills? They may be close to the Chinese connection but the DEA didn’t say anything about the supplier.
The head of the snake needs to be cut off and the politicians, the president and his administration are unwilling to do anything about it. The low hanging fruit will continue to kill and the local law enforcement will continue to arrest and release
Dead people don't make repeat customers, just democrat voters.
Oh! Maybe that's why the democrats want open borders and catch and release for dealers.
It’s walking on its own two legs across the southern border.
“politicians, the president and his administration” = ‘head of snake’.
Singapore does it...and fentanyl,heroin,etc are almost unknown there.
“Death penalty for those who distribute certain drugs...and for those found to be in possession of a certain amount of those drugs. First offense...no plea bargains.”
And a gallows installed at every courthouse. Summary execution rather than languishing on the taxpayer’s dime for years. If some judges don’t like that then ship the convicted to their home to pollute their property, break in and steal from THEM
Fentanyl ring in DC……as if the swamp can’t get any deeper in corruption.
Is this the tip of the iceberg or more arrests coming?
The good news ios that Biden asked Xi to control Fentanyl shipments out of Chins /S
Xi, the diplomat, had no comment on the fact the Fentanyl is all imported illegally across the American southern border
“Fentanyl is the greatest threat to Americans today”
I thought it was White boys.
“And it is the leading cause of death today in the United States for Americans between the age of 18 and 45.”
But but GUNS! GUNS!
Fentanyl causes climate change. Climate change causes white people to be mean. We must eradicate both.
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