The California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force helped seize 1,541 pounds of illicit fentanyl at the southern border last month, including more than 1.7 million fentanyl pills with an estimated street value of $11.9 million.
Guard members with the task force are deployed in cross-government efforts to stop transnational organizations that traffic fentanyl and other illegal narcotics.
“California continues the intensive work of keeping fentanyl out of our communities, helping law enforcement seize over 204 percent more fentanyl last month than the month prior,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
Guard members have played a key role in the state’s anti-drug trafficking measures, Newsom said….