The United States confiscated the largest amount of fentanyl from history

The Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP, for its acronym in English), seized a "historic" expedition of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid mortal A commercial truck attempted to cross an entry port in Nogales, Arizona, authorities announced today.

The manager of the Nogales stands, Michael Humphites, explained at a press conference that the drug, 254 pounds (115 kilograms)he was hiding in a truck carrying vegetables from Mexico and this went through last Saturday through the port of La Mariposa entrance.

The customs authorities, which require the inspection of freight vehicles pbading through this truck kiosk, have discovered the cargo, which they have described as "historical"

Officers also seized 2.2 pounds (1 kg) on ​​the same truck fentanyl pills and they found a compartment where they were hiding methamphetamine.

The driver of the truck, a man of Mexican nationality, was arrested, according to CBP.

The authorities indicated that the traffickers were trying to smuggle the drug through the different entry points of the South American border.

In recent months, several cars, pbadengers and people trying to cross on foot and bring drugs back into their bodies have been seized.

According to CBP, the illicit drug is mainly seen as a powder that can be mixed with heroin and also in the form of blue pills that are counterfeit prescription drugs, such as oxycodone.

Synthetic fentanyl has replaced heroin as the leading drug related to overdose deaths in the United States, according to a report with 2016 data released last December by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , which points out that deaths due to this cause increased by 54% between 2011 and 2016.