(More than 1.3 million fentanyl pills seized last year)...That was in Imperial County, alone.

The seizures were the efforts of The Imperial County Sheriff's Office coordinating with their Border Crimes Suppression Team and High Intensity Drug Trafficking Agency. They managed to seize 1.36 million fentanyl pills in 2023. In releasing the numbers, the Sheriff's Office also released a statement from the Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA says The US overdose crisis has reached a devastating new height with more than 107,000 people dying over the last year from drug overdoses. 68% of overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl. To learn more facts, go to the DEA website.