Authorities seize 660 lbs. of fentanyl hidden in coconuts

Mexican authorities arrested two people after they discovered 660 pounds of fentanyl pills packed into coconuts inside a truck en route to the town of Sonoyta, across the border from Arizona.

Authorities were made aware of the truck as it traveled along a highway on Thursday in the northern border state of Sonora, according to the attorney general’s office. The road, which runs along the Gulf of California, eventually leads to Sonoyta, across the border from Lukeville, Arizona.

Two people inside the vehicle were arrested on suspicion of attempting to transport illegal substances. They were not identified.

Thousands of blue pills were found in plastic bags neatly tucked inside the coconuts, which had been split apart and then glued back together with the drugs inside.

It’s not uncommon for fentanyl, an extremely potent and potentially lethal synthetic opioid, to make its way into the United States from Mexico.

Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens die from fentanyl overdoses every year.

With News Wire Services