The OC Sheriff made 2 arrests and seized over 890K Fentanyl pills with help from Border Patrol agents

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Over the past year, the OC Sheriff’s Highway Interdiction Team (HIT) has partnered with the California Border Patrol as part of the Vehicle Interdiction Pipeline Enforcement Resource (VIPER) Task Force to identify, disrupt and arrest drug trafficking organizations that regularly use the highways and trafficking routes to further their criminal enterprise.

VIPER recently had two significant seizures, pulling dangerous narcotics off the streets.

Fentanyl pills seized by the OC Sheriff Picture Courtesy of the OC Sheriff

On September 12, HIT deputies stopped a driver on the 5 north at Basilone road in the city of San Clemente. The driver was transporting approximately 442,240 fentanyl pills, 2.4 pounds of fentanyl powder, 22.9 pounds of methamphetamine, and 7.9 pounds of cocaine.

The driver was booked into jail on drug transportation charges.

A week later, on September 19, California Boarder Patrol agents stopped another driver at the same location and found 447,100 suspected fentanyl pills in trash bags in the trunk of his vehicle.

That driver was also booked into jail on drug transportation charges.

This is great work by the deputies and agents who work diligently to effectively disrupt the flow of narcotics into Orange County and keep our communities safe.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions.

When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.