Two men were arrested in Queens, New York, after police said they were in possession of about 32,000 fentanyl pills worth $1 million.
from reaching the streets," Brennan said."In recent weeks, working with our law enforcement partners, we have seized hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills and deprived suppliers of millions of dollars. This seizure, and the arrest of two California-based defendants near Kennedy Airport, highlights our work to save lives."
Agents watched as the two men walked between two parked cars, where Roodolph allegedly placed the brown box he was carrying on the ground between them. Members of the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force approached the two men and recovered the box. Inside, the press release read, were four packages, each wrapped in cloth and cellophane.Both men were placed under arrest and arraigned the next day in a Manhattan criminal court.An estimated 150 people die every day from synthetic opioid-related overdose deaths.
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