(The Center Square) – The Drug Enforcement Administration said Monday it seized drugs, guns and millions of dollars in cash during a week-long surge effort aimed at the Sinaloa Cartel.

President Donald Trump used an executive order in February to designate the Sinaloa Cartel and seven other groups as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Prosecutors have already used the new designation to go after fugitive Sinaloa leaders.

DEA agents across 23 domestic field divisions and seven foreign regions arrested 617 people during the last full week in August.

Agents also seized 480 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 714,707 counterfeit pills, 2,209 kilograms of methamphetamine, 7,469 kilograms of cocaine, and 55 kilograms of heroin.

On top of the drugs, agents seized more than $11 million in cash and ab

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