U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have made the largest seizure of fentanyl in agency history.

An estimated 4 million blue fentanyl pills, weighing more than 1,000 pounds were stopped at the Port of Lukeville, south of Gila Bend, Arizona. According to the CBP, on July 1, a 20-year-old Arizona man, a U.S. citizen, arrived at the Port of Lukeville in a 2011 pickup truck hauling a recreational vehicle on a trailer. The driver and vehicles were sent to secondary inspection for a more intensive search. CBP officers noticed anomalies throughout the trailer frame and then discovered 234 packages of fentanyl concealed in the frame. " This is the largest fentanyl seizure in CBP's history and reflects our unwavering determination to protect our nation and to disrupt the criminal activities of ruthless drug cartels" according to Troy Miller, CBP Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner. The fentanyl seizure and another seizure of methamphetamine and cocaine at Lukeville have an estimated street value of over $12.6 million.