Law enforcement agencies in California have seized millions of fentanyl pills, with 5.8 million pills seized across the state, including at ports of entry at the southern border. Additionally, 2.5 million captagon pills were seized in Najaf and Anbar provinces. San Francisco has seen significant efforts to combat open-air drug markets, with over 440 pounds of drugs seized in just one year.
Officials in San Francisco on Wednesday marked one year since the start of a multi-agency crackdown on drug sales in the Tenderloin and South of Market, touting the program's results and pledging the crackdown would continue. https://t.co/Ht05zL2NSY
Law enforcement arrested more suspected drug users than suspected dealers in San Francisco in the year since the city launched coordinated efforts to dismantle open-air drug markets in the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods, city leaders said. https://t.co/cThhnixDsp
Every day we don’t end the open air drug market, it will get harder to contain. A new drug, medetomidine, is being detected across the US, and could enter the SF drug market. It’s more potent than fentanyl. We need to close the drug market. We need to arrest opioid dealers. We… https://t.co/RqxEccKSN8
In just one year, 440 pounds of drugs seized in San Francisco. And people say we should stop enforcement? How many more deaths would we have had with an extra 400 pounds of dope on the street? https://t.co/sJM1JORuwy
One year ago, I convened local, state and federal agencies to tackle true drug markets in our city. In just one year, the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (DMACC) has made significant strides in combating open-air drug markets in San Francisco. With over 200 kilos of… https://t.co/6BhF2Zi45e
San Francisco's streets tells a chilling tale... Bodies lie motionless in broad daylight, their fate uncertain, their souls adrift in the murky depths of the fentanyl ocean. Be very clear, Davy Jones locker is full. https://t.co/dYNhVMQHVZ
Officers "carried out an intelligence operation that led to the seizure of 2.5 million captagon pills" in Najaf and Anbar provinces, said Hussein al-Tamimi, spokesperson for the Anti-Narcotics Directorate. https://t.co/Vp8KTlLl3S
Law enforcement agencies seized roughly 5.8 million fentanyl pills across California, including at ports of entry at the southern border, from January to April, Gov. Newsom’s office announced. https://t.co/RLpOGz59vo
San Francisco’s #1 Business? The Fentanyl Bazaar at 7th and Market where pounds of fentanyl in the collective stolen property of our city is bartered for Pennies on the dollar, tax free. https://t.co/pTZNsjzq8M