{"id":53087,"date":"2023-05-05T16:49:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T23:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53087"},"modified":"2023-05-05T16:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T23:49:34","slug":"dea-operation-last-mile-results-in-over-3000-arrests-seizure-of-44-million-fentanyl-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53087","title":{"rendered":"DEA: &#8220;Operation Last Mile&#8221; Results in Over 3,000 Arrests Seizure of 44 Million Fentanyl Pills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"node-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26743 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FentanylTabletsDEA04222016-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FentanylTabletsDEA04222016-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FentanylTabletsDEA04222016.png 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The DEA announced Friday the results of a year-long national operation, \u201cOperation Last Mile,\u201d targeting the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels&#8217; trafficking of fentanyl and methamphetamine in the U.S..<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels use multi-city distribution networks, violent local street gangs, and individual dealers across the United States to flood American communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel violence, and kill Americans,\u201d said DEA Administrator Milgram. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Adding,\u201cwhat is also alarming \u2014 American social media platforms are the means by which they do so. The Cartels use social media and encrypted platforms to run their operations and reach out to victims, and when their product kills Americans, they simply move on to try to victimize the millions of other Americans who are social media users.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3521 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DEA-Badge-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DEA-Badge-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DEA-Badge.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Operation Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted from May 1, 2022, through May 1, 2023, in collaboration with federal, state and local law enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">It resulted in 3,337 arrests and the seizure of nearly 44 million fentanyl pills, more than 6,500 pounds of fentanyl powder, more than 91,000 pounds of methamphetamine, 8,497 firearms, and more than $100 million.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The fentanyl powder and pill seizures equate to nearly 193 million deadly doses of fentanyl removed from communities across the United States. 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