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DEA Seizes 4.7 Million Fentanyl Pills
& 2,400 Pounds Powder In Massive Nationwide Crackdown

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Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 3/20/2026 7:54:54 PM

Armed with battering rams and search warrants, federal agents stormed homes and warehouses across the country, seizing millions in cash, piles of illegal drugs and a deadly arsenal, signaling an aggressive escalation in America’s war on drugs. The multi-agency crackdown, highlighted by the DEA’s Operation Fentanyl Free America, comes as the United States faces a shifting landscape in the opioid crisis. Although overdose deaths have declined from record highs, fentanyl and other synthetic drugs remain a deadly threat, fueling action by law enforcement and policymakers. In the second phase of Operation Fentanyl Free America, the DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,400 pounds of fentanyl powder between

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 3/20/2026 8:02:08 PM (No. 2082916)
Any American citizens involved, or as usual....all illegal alien criminals?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: 3XALADY 3/20/2026 8:12:14 PM (No. 2082920)
Make the Fentanyl dealers eat all their pills on the spot. Bet they won't deal with it again.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: mc squared 3/20/2026 8:49:59 PM (No. 2082931)
Suddenly the feds found they could do something about drugs.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 3/20/2026 10:37:42 PM (No. 2082974)
#2 has a good plan.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 3/21/2026 8:19:05 AM (No. 2083064)
This is the 3,418th time that I've read about "massive drug seizures." If these drug seizures are so massive and significant - - why have there been 3,418 of them?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: TCloud 3/21/2026 8:43:38 AM (No. 2083077)
Which side of the Demographics is most affected?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: franq 3/21/2026 11:34:23 AM (No. 2083179)
Yeah, all the old blather about the war on drugs being a failure was because no one was really fighting it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: MindMadeUp 3/21/2026 11:37:46 AM (No. 2083182)
Judge Boasberg has ordered those arrested to be released and the pills and powders returned to their owners.
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