If the fentanyl crisis wasn’t bad enough, Customs and Border Protection agents are now finding rainbow fentanyl pills.
Bill Melugin reported Thursday that CBP seized 265,000 fentanyl pills over two days and some were colored.
Port Director Michael W. Humphries tweeted that this could “be the start of a trend with Transnational Criminal Organizations targeting younger users.”
The targeting of children is terrifying.
The Monterey Police Department in California posted similar candy-like fentanyl in early July on their Facebook page.
Rainbow and powdered fentanyl was confiscated from a home in Portland.
Deputies discovered body armor, $5,000 in cash, nine guns of which some were stolen and drugs. The drugs include meth, heroin, 800 pills of fentanyl and four grams of multi-colored, powdered fentanyl, often called “rainbow fentanyl.””We are partnering with Multnomah County health departments to sound the alarm,” Special Investigation Unit Sergeant Matt Ferguson said in a statement.”The public needs to be aware of the rising use of powdered fentanyl. We believe this is going to be the new trend seen on the streets of Portland,” he continued.Authorities are particularly worried about young adults or children ending up with rainbow fentanyl, as they could mistake the drug for something else, like candy or a toy, because of its color, Fox 12 reported.
Earlier this month, we mentioned that the fentanyl crisis is not slowing down. If you followed the feeds of the CBP officers and directors, you would see that thousands of fentanyl pills are seized daily coming across the border.
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