relation that the victims may have died from Freon poisoning from Fonte A C units and that’s
when investigation you’ll see
only on local 10 about a spike
in mass overdoses, a fentanyl
federal authorities are sounding
the alarm recently. One case
involving spring breakers in
Wilton Manors made national
headlines. The dangerous drugs
are swamping the southern border
with Mexico and being stopped in
record numbers. Local tension in
Stanwood has been following this
dangerous trend and got
exclusive access at the border.
You guys got something? A border
Patrol agent taking a young
woman into custody after finding
these packages taped to her body
prepared with service. Moments
later, Julian, six year old girl
, this agent removing bags of
drugs from a teenager. Both were
inside a shuttle van. That was
flag. Where do you find it? So
this 16 year old this entire
Package. Imagine one side from
her hips all the way up to her
bra. The other side. Same thing
, so this and it was taped onto
her body, her body. Was so
strong that she looked at normal
and she and that’s what tipped
you off. Mhm We are at the 19
immigration checkpoint in
Arizona. I mean artery north
from the Mexico border, Some
2000 miles away from South
Florida. U S Border Patrol,
giving us exclusive access to
the work they do to stop human
smuggling and drug running. That
has a direct impact on the rest
of the country. Primary purpose
for the canines here at the
checkpoint is to detect
concealed humans secondary is
for controlled substances. We
haven’t seen an uptick and
fentanyl here in the checkpoint
for sure, Fiscal year alone,
agents in the Tucson sector have
intercepted £180 of fentanyl,
already outpacing the year
before. Four by more than double
Sometimes it’s concealed inside
bodies or tucked into the hoods
of trucks, which is why they use
scopes and X rays. The deadly
synthetic opioid developed
decades ago to treat pain and
hospitalized. Cancer patients is
smaller in size and more
profitable than marijuana, which
has seen a decrease inflow since
some U. S. States have legalized
it. S fentanyl floods the
southern border. Makes its way
into American cities, including
South Florida if it’s not
stopped in March, West Point
cadets and Wilton Manors for
spring break overdosed on
cocaine laced with fentanyl.
There were multiple people in
cardiac arrests in the front
yard. Days later, four men in a
house in unincorporated Broward
County got sick as well. Agents
with the Drug Enforcement
Administration. The chemicals
used to make fentanyl come from
China or India gets sent to
Mexico, where they’re pressed
into pills and smuggled across
the border. Which is why we’re
here to see for ourselves. We
went to the EEA in Tucson aged
showing us some of what they
border Patrol agents and customs
officers have seized So this is
a seizure from a checkpoint
right near the southern border.
These are fentanyl pills, D E. A
agents say four of these bags
about 119,000 pills. So take a
look at this. These are pill
presses that were seized. What
happens is the chemicals and the
binding agents going here. This
thing gets cranked, and then
those pills get pressed right
over here. Back at the
checkpoint, grab seizure bags.
Agents looking at the drugs
found on those young women test
in We have a rapid response.
Test indicators. Light blue
pills. They have, like an M
stamped. The pills are stamped
to look like oxycodone. Field
tests confirm they are fentanyl
, which could sicken anyone even
touching it with their hands.
Inside the other bag, crystal
meth, both alleged smugglers now
face criminal charges. So now
she’s in trouble, and at least
this is off the street. Near
Tucson, Arizona, by the southern
border. Janine Stanwood. Local
10 news. And be sure to tune in
tomorrow for part two of our
investigation we take you
underground to drug smuggling
tunnels and show you how customs
officers are keeping up with the
truly unusual ways Smugglers are