A Nebraska fentanyl bust seized nearly 120 pounds of the potent drug last month, enough to kill 26 million people, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
The patrol says the stash was a record fentanyl seizure in Nebraska and estimates the drugs may have been worth up to $20 million on the street, The Associated Press reported. The Drug Enforcement Administration says just 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be lethal.
The foil-wrapped packages were found April 26 in a semitrailer searched after a traffic stop along Interstate 80 near Kearney, 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of Omaha.
The patrol says such drug seizures save lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fentanyl and its variants killed more than 20,000 Americans last year, and the number is increasing.
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