SFPD's Fentanyl Bust: 'Enough Lethal Overdoses To Wipe Out San Francisco's Population Four Times Over"
LAPPL News Watch
June 9, 2021
San
Francisco police arrested five men and seized 16 pounds of fentanyl —
enough to kill the city’s population four times over — in a narcotics
operation in Oakland meant to block deadly drugs from entering the
city’s Tenderloin neighborhood, authorities said Tuesday.
The
arrests and seizures last Thursday involved two semi-automatic guns
that were not registered, more than $45,000 in cash and nearly 30 pounds
of drugs, including the fentanyl.
San Francisco police Chief Bill Scott
said the amount of fentanyl that was seized is “enough lethal overdoses
to wipe out San Francisco's population four times over.” About 875,000
people reside in the city.
Fentanyl, an extremely lethal synthetic
opioid, is between 25 to 50 times more powerful than heroin.
“Fentanyl
remains the primary chemical culprit in the record-shattering number of
fatal overdoses plaguing our City, and the recovery of semi-automatic
ghost guns along with this haul of deadly drugs most likely intended for
the Tenderloin is ominous,” Scott said.
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