DENVER — More than 570,000 fake fentanyl pills were seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Colorado earlier this month.
That is more than 20% of all fentanyl pills that were seized last year in Colorado, according to the DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division. The DEA seized 2.61 million pills in Colorado in 2023.
“The total number of pills seized so far this month proves the Mexican drug cartels are not slowing down production and distribution of this poison as we head into the summer months,” said DEA RMFD Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen. “Every day the men and women of DEA and our partner agencies are working hard to get fake fentanyl pills of the streets.”
Agents with the DEA, along with multiple state and local law enforcement agencies, seized shipments of 170,000 pills, 300,000 pills and 100,000 pills in three separate busts over seven days, the DEA said.
“As seen by the totals, Colorado is on pace to easily break last year’s fake fentanyl pill seizure record of 2.61 million," Pullen said. "Keep in mind, DEA lab testing shows seven of every ten pills contain a potentially fatal dose of fentanyl. Seizing another 570,000 pills in Colorado means many lives have likely been saved.”
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