Texas drug bust: 15,000 fentanyl pills seized in DFW area

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office introduced on Monday {that a} drug bust involving a number of businesses throughout North Texas led to the seizure of hundreds of fentanyl pills.

The sheriff’s workplace stated it labored with businesses such because the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Dallas and Flower Mound police departments to serve a number of federal search warrants all through the North Texas area.

The warrants led to authorities seizing 15,000 fentanyl pills and arresting 11 suspects. The sheriff’s workplace stated 11 weapons have been additionally seized.

The sheriff’s workplace stated two of the suspects who have been arrested have been charged with distributing fentanyl that resulted in loss of life.

Further particulars on the operation weren’t instantly launched.

There have been efforts throughout the final yr to curb a rise in overdose deaths brought on by fentanyl-laced pills throughout the nation. The Department of Justice introduced final yr that the DEA had seized 1.8 million pretend pills and made 810 arrests nationwide inside a two-month interval.

North Texas residents additionally began initiatives to warn in regards to the risks of pretend pills.

A neighborhood mom put up a billboard close to AT&T Stadium in Arlington in October 2021, after her 22-year-old daughter died after taking a pretend tablet earlier this yr.

“She took a Percocet, and it was laced with fentanyl.. and that took her life,” stated Patricia Saldivar. 

A gaggle often known as Challenge of Tarrant County despatched out PSAs asking mother and father to maintain on eye on their kids’s social media exercise. The group stated pretend pills are being bought via social media.

“It only takes a little to lose a lot. Pills purchased through social media aren’t what you think,” one individual stated in a Challenge of Tarrant County video.