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In Single Bust, Feds in Oregon Seize Enough Heroin to Kill 53 Million People

By Ben Kew | 7:35 AM on February 05, 2024

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Someone at the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) should be getting a raise.

Last week, four suspected drug traffickers with links to Mexican cartels were arrested in Oregon with multiple barrels of liquid heroin inside a moving truck.


According to The Seattle Times, the actual amount of heroin seized amounted to nearly 370 gallons, enough to kill approximately 53 million people or around 16 percent of America's current population. The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a press release:

... as part of an ongoing, multi-agency drug trafficking investigation, law enforcement obtained information that several individuals working for a transnational criminal organization were transporting a large load of illegal narcotics into the District of Oregon. Late in the evening of January 24 and in the early morning hours of January 25, 2024, investigators observed a rented moving truck driven by Amador and an accompanying red pickup truck traveling west on Interstate 84 near Bonneville, Oregon.

The release added that the total seizure amounted to 1.4 metric tons, equivalent to the size of a small vehicle:

Later on January 25, investigators executed federal search warrants on the defendants’ motel room and two vehicles. They located and seized eight 55-gallon barrels containing approximately 370 gallons of a liquid narcotic inside the moving truck and two loaded handguns inside the motel room. All four defendants were arrested without incident. Investigators transported the seized narcotic, which weighed approximately 1.4 metric tons, to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) narcotics room. Lab tests later confirmed the barrels contained liquid heroin.


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