MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Three men from New York were arrested Wednesday after, deputies say, they transported 10,000 fentanyl pills with a street value of $300,000.
"When I walked up to that car and saw that bag, which turned out to be two-and-a-half pounds, I was absolutely flabbergasted," Martin County Sheriff William D. Snyder said during a news conference Thursday. "Every one of those pills had the potential to kill who ever took them."
Martin County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Jeffry Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ortiz, 30, Yelson Daniel Alvarez-Ortiz, 26, and Carlos Antonio Almonte-Melo, 36 in the parking lot of a retail shopping plaza on Federal Highway.
Martin County Sheriff's Office seizes 10,000 fentanyl pills worth $300,000
Fentanyl pills seized by U.S. CBP by Jerry Glaser is licensed under flickr U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Fentanyl pills seized by U.S. CBP by Jerry Glaser is licensed under flickr U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Source:
WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm
