PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Officials are warning the public of a synthetic opioid that is 100 times stronger than fentanyl.

Drug Enforcement Administration agents from the Seattle Field Division recently seized counterfeit M30 pills containing carfentanil in Western Washington.

"Carfentanil is like fentanyl on steroids," said Seattle DEA Special Agent in Charge David Reames in a press release. "The cartels traffic this incredibly dangerous substance in order to profit from our misery."

After a months-long investigation involving the DEA, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Federal Way Police and Centralia Police, agents seized 50,208 pills from a suspect at a gas station in Centralia, Washington.

The driver, who is from Pacific, Washington, was caught after a K9 detected

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