Orange County Sheriff’s officials announced Jan. 26 that “rainbow” fentanyl was found for the first time in the department’s jurisdiction.
Deputies confiscated 14,000 multi-colored fentanyl pills along with 2 kilograms of it in powder form and 10 pounds of methamphetamine from two locations in north Orange County, authorities said.
The bust marks the first time, officials said, it has encountered “rainbow” fentanyl—a drug the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced in August 2022 may be used by drug cartels to target children.
“Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes—is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” Anne Milgram, with the DEA, said in a statement at the time….