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Investigators seize enough fentanyl to kill 14 million people in massive drug bust
cbsnews.com ^ | August 30, 2019 | no byline

Posted on 08/30/2019 3:16:18 PM PDT by ransomnote

Law enforcement officers in Virginia have seized enough fentanyl to kill 14 million people, busting a massive three-state drug ring as part of what they called "Operation Cookout." Thirty-five suspects were arrested, and four others are on the run.

"This opioid crisis is not an issue that is happening someplace else, or to someone else. It's happening right here in Norfolk," said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

In total, authorities seized over 30 kilograms of fentanyl, 30 kilograms of heroin, five kilograms of cocaine and over $700,000. It's the largest drug takedown in Virginia in 15 years. They also seized roughly 24 firearms, including an AK-47.

"We're not talking about $500 and $600 deals, we're talking hundreds of thousands of dollars," Terwilliger said. "You know, $20,000 in the trunk of somebody's car in a gym bag, you know, behind a local restaurant."

Terwilliger said the bust spanned three states and that one of the 39 people charged ordered fentanyl from Shanghai and had it delivered to Virginia through the mail. MORE AT LINK

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: china; fentanyl; operationcookout; opiod; wod
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To: ransomnote; All

It’s a shame The Stupid Party (GOP) doesn’t bother mentioning this. Trump brings up the opioid issue but almost no one mentions the VOLUME or the numbers effects on lives.


21 posted on 08/30/2019 4:29:12 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: bankwalker

Is this a new bust or the one from a week or so ago?
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I don’t know - this was posted to justice.gov today. :)


22 posted on 08/30/2019 4:32:20 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote

Judging by the recent seizure of Chinese sourced narcotics that leave 51,000# potentially unaccounted for out of the shipment it came from.


23 posted on 08/30/2019 4:42:11 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ransomnote

Judging by the recent seizure of Chinese sourced narcotics that leave 51,000# potentially unaccounted for out of the shipment it came from.


24 posted on 08/30/2019 4:42:17 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ransomnote

When are they going to call it what it is....Chemical warfare ?


25 posted on 08/30/2019 4:43:33 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: Jim Noble

Oh, we’ve got plenty of such retards.


26 posted on 08/30/2019 4:44:07 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ransomnote

President Trump needs to put a 400% tarrif on it.


27 posted on 08/30/2019 4:44:39 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: hoosiermama

When are they going to call it what it is....Chemical warfare ?
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I do believe it is war. About a year ago there was a fentanyl bust of this size in Canada, on the waterfront across the way from New York. They can sell it or they can just dump it in the municipal water supply. That size of a bust isn’t a drug cache, it’s more like an ammo dump. War by any other name is still war.


28 posted on 08/30/2019 4:51:33 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote

All that Fentanyl for us? Oh those wacky guys...China loves us and wants us all to die happy! So long as we die.


29 posted on 08/30/2019 4:52:20 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Lizavetta

I have three friends now who’s sons have died from the stuff. Had no idea they were going through this but we’re in different parts of the country. The manufacturers and dealers should annihilated.


30 posted on 08/30/2019 4:54:23 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: ransomnote

Would fentanyl in the water supply kill people? Would it produce deadly crops if it’s used for irrigation? The ability to kill that many people with these poisons does sound like an act of war.


31 posted on 08/30/2019 5:04:25 PM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: ransomnote
The President's trade deal demands would kill Red China's fentanyl industry. That what's got the Commies’ knickers in a twist.
32 posted on 08/30/2019 5:04:51 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: ransomnote

This wasn’t meant for street corner dealing.


33 posted on 08/30/2019 5:05:13 PM PDT by bgill
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To: ransomnote
23 tons of the shit left on our doorstep by the Chinese. That's a WMD. That’s chemical warfare.

Give a warning before the second nuke is detonated.

34 posted on 08/30/2019 5:06:36 PM PDT by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under 50)
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To: ransomnote

We keep hearing that 90% of illegal drugs are coming up from through our southern border, but nothing about where the guns are coming from.

Chicago did a study in 2016 and found out the guns confiscated during violent crimes none were legal. How did they get there?


35 posted on 08/30/2019 5:06:49 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Meatspace

Trump has already banned it I think


36 posted on 08/30/2019 5:07:46 PM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: goodnesswins

Had to google “Tyler Skaggs” since he must have been someone famous. I found out he was just another junkie.


37 posted on 08/30/2019 5:09:33 PM PDT by VietVet876
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To: ransomnote

We should return it to China in secret drops by B-2 aircraft into Chinese lakes....then let them know we did and they have to guess which lakes.

I bet that would give them motivation to stop this crap.


38 posted on 08/30/2019 5:13:37 PM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and Americans!)
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To: ransomnote

This is the actual opioid crisis

Fentanyl in heroin and bootleg dope

Man I’m glad Colombian quaaludes didn’t have fentanyl

Colombians are more sophisticated than Bean people

I’m an expert on Latino culture and it’s true

Colombians were more careful about good product

Not so much anymore...no longer any solvents worth washing coca leaves in and you can tell from what I’ve seen when some on occasion presents itself to me which i of course decline

I can’t imagine anyone smoke Colombian pot anymore considering


39 posted on 08/30/2019 5:15:10 PM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: American in Israel

Would be just to addict them to their own product,
= = =

fentanyl

I don’t think you get addicted - just ODd and dead.


40 posted on 08/30/2019 5:31:56 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/S liberally (oops) applied to all posts.)
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