Fort Worth police seize 28,000 fentanyl pills, guns, $100k in cash, two arrested
Police arrested Greene in the passenger seat of Kellough’s car, and a loaded AR-15 style rifle and a loaded 9mm handgun were found on the floorboard of the vehicle, police said.In a later search of Kellough’s apartment on Terra Brook Street, police reported finding about 3,000 fentanyl pills, 29 pounds of marijuana, seven guns and $100,871 in cash.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is equal to 10-15 grains of table salt, is considered a lethal dose. Drug poisonings are the leading killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. Fentanyl available in the United States is primarily supplied by two criminal drug networks, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel .In August 2022 the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public advisoryBrightly-colored fentanyl, dubbed"rainbow fentanyl" in the media, is being seized in multiple forms, including pills, powder, and blocks that resembles sidewalk chalk.