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'CBP officers hard at work stopping dangerous drugs from entering our country': 36 million lethal doses of fentanyl apprehended in Phoenix
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to apprehend fentanyl and other lethal drugs coming across the southern border as seen over Thanksgiving weekend in El Paso. As FY 2022 comes to a close, data shows a record number of illegal immigrant encounters, record death toll for migrants and over 414 million lethal doses of fentanyl attempted to be smuggled into the U.S. in September. A Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) operation in Arizona confiscated approximately 36 million lethal doses of fentanyl and over 300 weapons in a large operation this past summer.