Approximately 14 pounds of powdered fentanyl and 50,000 compressed tablets were reportedly seized by police at Arizona's Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after a woman's luggage tripped the TSA screening system.
The suspect is identified Martisha Missouri Montgomery, 24, FOX 10 Phoenix, was traveling to Atlanta, Georgia on September 16th when agents searched her bag.
“During further TSA inspection, six sealed bricks were discovered inside the suitcase liner,” court documents obtained by Outlet State read. “The six packages appeared to be double sealed in food-saving vacuum plastic bags and wrapped with tape.”
Each brick weighs 1 kilogram for a total of 13.22 pounds.
Phoenix police said in a statement that the package contained 50,000 fentanyl pills.
6 kg of powdered fentanyl and 50,000 fentanyl pills seized; woman traveling from Phoenix to Atlanta arrested…
Posted by phoenix police department above Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Montgomery was charged with felony drug transportation, the local Fox station reported.
The Citrus County Sheriff's Office in Florida also seized more than 13 pounds of fentanyl in August. I'm saying That was “enough fentanyl to kill over 3 million people.”
