Synthetic opioid strong enough to ‘kill more than 50M people’ seized in California, authorities say – By Jordan Mendoza (USA Today) / Sept 26 2021
Two Southern California residents were charged in a massive drug bust that resulted in authorities seizingmore than 46 pounds of an extremely lethal synthetic opioid.
Andres Jesus Morales, 30, and Christine Ponce, 27, were charged with four felony counts each of possession of a controlled substance for sale, the Riverside District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday.
The two arrests come after the Riverside Police Department raided a home in the city of Perris, California, about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles, on Aug. 17. At the home, officers seized 46.2 pounds of carfentanil, 8.8 pounds of cocaine and 2.2 pounds of heroin.
No one was at the home at the time, but police said they identified Morales and Ponce as suspects of the case.
