SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Two alleged drug dealers were behind bars Wednesday after what Orange County authorities described as the largest drug bust in the past 16 years.Buena Park police recovered 821 pounds of methamphetamine, 189.7 pounds of cocaine and 20.5 pounds of fentanyl pills in a traffic stop of a minivan on March 17, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
Edgar Alfonso Lamaslopez, 36, and Carlos Raygozaparedes, 53, were charged March 21 with multiple felonies, and the pair pleaded not guilty that same day. They are next due in court May 16 in the North Justice Center in Fullerton for a pretrial hearing.The Orange County DA's office noted in particular the potential lethality of fentanyl when someone overdoses. They said the amount of the opioid that was seized could kill 4.7 million people, based on death resulting from a 2 milligram dose.Dr.
The standard dose is 50 to 100 micrograms, Cardillo said. Levels at 500 micrograms or higher are used for anesthetic purposes and if someone were to take 2 milligrams, it"would certainly be lethal," he said. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said:"Millions of unsuspecting people have the grim reaper looking over their shoulder and they have no idea how close they actually are to dying from taking a single pill. Fentanyl is cheap, it's easy to get and it is killing our children, our coworkers, and tens of thousands of innocent Americans who don't have to die.
Feds might be picking this one up. Why no mugshots.
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