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A ‘devastating’ tally: Utah breaks annual record for fentanyl seizures in just 6 months
It only took six months for law enforcement to break Utah’s annual record for fentanyl seizures this year as the state copes with what the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration calls “the most dangerous drug crisis the nation has ever faced.” In 2023, the DEA and its local partners, which includes the Salt Lake County Sheriff, Salt Lake Police and Highway Patrol, seized 664,200 fentanyl pills, setting the single-year record. By June of this year that record was shattered, with the agency reporting over 774,000 pills seized. That number continues to climb. “It’s an ...
