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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Hawkinson

American among three arrested after car chase led to 110,000-pill fentanyl bust in Mexico

Mexican police discovered 110,000 fentanyl pills, four ID cards and three phones inside a car traveling through Ciudad Juárez. Three people, including a U.S. citizen, were arrested in connection with the pills - (Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection)

An American citizen was among three people police say were arrested for carrying 110,000 fentanyl pills in Mexico.

Authorities in Chihuahua arrested an American woman and two men, one of whom holds dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship, according to Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection. Mexican authorities carried out "intelligence work and surveillance actions" to identify the trio. Several Mexican agencies worked alongside the FBI to make the arrests.

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