The vials were stored near the pizza counter for convenient sales or to provide samples to the customers, authorities said.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said 3,026 people fatally overdosed in NYC alone in 2022 and only two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a potentially lethal dose.
"This drug trafficking organization was cooking up more than pizza in the Bronx, the large stash of cocaine found in the basement of Mexzzarella Pizza is very significant because it had the potential to supply drug networks throughout the Northeast," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino. "Cocaine is being laced with fentanyl, which is contributing to poisonings and unnecessary deaths in New York and across the country.
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