Syracuse, N.Y. — Seventeen people have been charged in a major drug trafficking network that distributed fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine across Central New York, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.

The charges follow a months-long investigation led by the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) that resulted in the seizure of more than 23 pounds of fentanyl — the largest fentanyl powder seizure in the task force’s history - according to an AG’s office news release issued Tuesday.

Authorities said that’s enough fentanyl to kill one New Yorker every six seconds for an entire year

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