A North Carolina woman was found in possession of two kilograms of fentanyl, enough to kill a million people.
Woman busted with fentanyl to kill 1 million people
A woman was found in possession of two kilograms of fentanyl, enough to kill one million people.
The agency also noted that fentanyl is “similar to morphine but about 100 times more potent.”
Karen Garcia Euceda was arrested by Durham County Sheriff’s Office deputies after the drug was discovered in her vehicle.
Her 4-year-old daughter was also in the car.
Euceda was the focus of an open investigation and was taken into custody while the child has been placed in the custody of a family member.
The 24-year-old has been charged with two counts of traffic and misdemeanor child abuse.
She is currently being held in a local jail under a $100,000 bond.
Although fentanyl is a prescription drug, it also has illegal uses, such as mixing street drugs like heroin or fake prescription drugs like xanax.
On May 18, the government agency revealed that it has already seized more fentanyl in 2021 than in all of 2020.
As of April, the Border Patrol has seized 6,494 pounds of the drug this year compared to 2020, when they seized 4,776 pounds.
