Feds seize 10 million doses of illegal drugs, including pills designed to look like heart-shaped candy, in Massachusetts
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Law enforcement seized 220 pounds of illegal substances worth an estimated $8 million in street value in Massachusetts, the Justice Department announced Monday.
According to court documents, the seized drugs included about 900,000 individual doses of powdered fentanyl and 20 pounds of pink, heart-shaped pills resembling a popular Valentine's Day candy that allegedly contained fentanyl and methamphetamine.
On July 5, officials started investigating an overdose death in Salem, Massachusetts. They used the victim's Snapchat account to contact an individual about purchasing more pills, which led to an additional three months of surveillance investigation. Law enforcement earlier this month arrested three men — Emilio Garcia, 25, Emilio Garcia, 33, and Deiby Felix, 40 — allegedly connected to a large-scale drug trafficking organization in the area.
