The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) on April 23 seized a massive quantity of the deadly opioid fentanyl—enough to kill millions of American citizens.
“ACSO detectives and their partners at the Narcotics Task Force recovered 92.5 pounds of illicit fentanyl at locations in Oakland and Hayward. That’s 42,000 grams that were headed for the streets of the Bay Area. This is a glimpse of the fentanyl epidemic,” the office said in an April 23 tweet. Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine.
Drug trafficking rings usually distribute fentanyl by kilograms, the office stated. With one kilo having the potential to kill 500,000 people, 92.5 pounds is enough to kill around 20 million. At a street value of $100 per gram, the seized fentanyl’s total estimated value comes to around $4.2 million.
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