Detention officers in Maricopa County have seized more than 150 fentanyl pills from inmates from one facility in the past week, according to the county sheriff's office.
In total, 260 pills were found on newly booked inmates in three separate incidents at the county's Intake, Transfer and Release facility.
In the first case, a male inmate was seen passing pills to someone else. Officers obtained a warrant to search him and discovered 160 pills inside his body.In the last incident, a woman reportedly had a bag filled with 35 pills concealed in her genitalia. Officers found it while searching her during booking.on an unspecified substance at Lower Buckeye Jail.
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