Two arrest were made following the drug bust.
Fentanyl is fueling the next wave of the opioid crisis. Here's how one clinic in Arizona is trying to reduce the harm.By discovering just under 1 million fentanyl pills in an Avondale home this week, the Phoenix Police Department made the single largest fentanyl bust in the agency's history.Francisco Delgado, 26, and Jose Molina, 21, were arrested and booked into a Maricopa County jail on a number of felony charges, according to Phoenix police.
After following leads involving the possession of narcotics for sale, detectives obtained a search warrant for an Avondale home and a vehicle belonging to one of the suspects. , the presence of fentanyl in drug overdose deaths has steadily been increasing in the state since 2019., totaling an amount that could"kill half the state of Arizona," according to state Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
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