Nearly 400m potentially fatal doses - double last year's total - were intercepted by federal agents.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says they intercepted 379m potentially deadly fentanyl doses, which is just two milligrams.
The DEA described the highly addictive substance, which is 50 times more powerful than heroin, as the deadliest drug threat facing the US.The DEA says it seized more than 10,000lb of fentanyl, as well as over 50.6m fentanyl pills that were made to resemble different prescription painkillers.Most of the drugs were mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico by the Sinaloa and Jalisco drug cartels, which use chemicals sourced in China, the agency said.
"DEA's top operational priority is to defeat the two Mexican drug cartels - the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels - that are primarily responsible for the fentanyl that is killing Americans today," DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said. In addition to the fentanyl, the DEA also seized 131,000lb of methamphetamine, more than 4,300lb of heroin, and over 444,000lb of cocaine.
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