Tucson Border Patrol agents find large stash of fentanyl inside fish cooler

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Fentanyl smuggled into a cooler full of fish in Arizona

TUCSON, Aris. – Tucson Border Police officers made an unusual drug explosion after discovering fentanyl smuggled in a cooler full of fish, officials said.

Authorities at an immigration checkpoint on Interstate 19 noticed that something was “rotten” on the cooler and discovered 17 pounds of fentanyl tucked on the walls of the container.

The drugs were seized and the case turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration in Phoenix.

The officers did not say whether there were any arrests.

Border guards found fentanyl pills stuck to the walls of a cooler full of fish. (CBP)

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