The suspects granted a consensual search of their luggage, where 10 kilograms of Fentanyl were found in each bag, the DEA said.
Federal agents arrested two men at Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday and charged them with trafficking 44 pounds of Fentanyl.
Holingshed and Lewis had previously flown from Los Angeles to Chicago while possessing illicit narcotics and flew the same route on Tuesday, the DEA said.Fentanyl drug bust nets 300K pills, 11 lbs. of powder worth $5M pulled from SUV's gas tank
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