EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Border officers in Nogales, Arizona, seized nearly a million fentanyl pills during various events over a 30-day period ending Sept. 24.

Smugglers were bringing the potentially deadly blue pills from Mexico into the United States stashed in vehicles, hidden in luggage or strapped to their bodies.

More than half a million pills were seized on the week ending Sept. 2, according to federal court filings and social media postings by Nogales U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Director Laura E. Hermosillo.

The largest known single seizure took place on Sept. 19, when CBP officers located inside a vehicle dozens of small bundles containing 30 pounds of methamphetamine and 177,800 fentanyl pills.

On Sept. 11, a pedestrian hauling what he said was luggage

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