Feds keep on seizing fentanyl, weapons at US-Canada border as crisis continues

(The Center Square) – Federal agents working at ports of entry in northern U.S.cities and in small towns along the U.S.-Canadian border are continuing to thwart illegal activity.Federal agents working in Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati and in a small border town of North Dakota continue to interdict fentanyl, weapons, fake e-cigarettes and illegal prescription drugs stemming from the border crisis.In Detroit, U.S.

Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations agents seized nearly six pounds of fentanyl in one enforcement action at the Fort Street Cargo Facility.It was the largest seizure of its kind for the Port of Detroit, and one of the largest inbound fentanyl seizures at the northern border in the last five years, CBP says.As CBP agents inspected international mail, a K-9 sniffed out the synthetic opioid, uncovering a package containing multiple plastic bags of pills.The pills were tested and identified as fentanyl.

With two milligrams considered a lethal dose, they seized enough fentanyl to kill more than 1.3 million people.Farther north, in the CBP Grand Forks Sector in Pembina County, North Dakota, Border Patrol agents working with a K9 discovered three backpacks full of abandoned firearms.They found them after responding to a report of suspicious activity west of the Neche, North Dakota Port of Entry.Once they arrived, “they observed two individuals absconding from the area into Canada,” Border Patrol said.

The agents continued searching the area and with the help of their canine, Odin, found backpacks left behind containing a significant amount of firearms.They seized 65 handguns, 65 pistol magazines, two rifles, one suppressor, and two rifle magazines.“Bulk firearms seizures are an uncommon occurrence for the Grand Forks Sector, but this serves as a humbling reminder of how critically important our mission is,” Grand Forks Sector Chief Patrol Agent Scott Garrett said.“There is currently no threat to the community at this time,”...