A cunning smuggler for a Mexican cartel has been caught with 300,000 fentanyl-laced pills and almost 5kg of powdered fentanyl in the tank of his SUV in New York City.
Authorities said Enrique Perez, 44, was pulled over near Yankee Stadium in The Bronx while driving his red Ford Expedition on Sunday, April 30. He was stopped as part of a joint city, state and federal investigation into cartel drug traffic, the city's special narcotics prosecutor said in a press release.
The investigation was carried out while Drug Enforcement Administration agents were carrying out surveillance as part of a short-term investigation. There was initially confusion after a K9 unit sniffed out drugs in the car, with the officer struggling to find the stash.
