Two drug traffickers who were arrested during a traffic stop in California last week after they got allegedly busted with 150,000 pills of fentanyl have been released back onto the streets.
- Detectives arrested Jose Zendejas, 25, and Benito Madrigal, 19, both from Washington, during a fentanyl bust in Tulare County on June 24
- The two were booked into the county's pre-trial facility on charges of possession, transportation, and selling of illegal drugs
- In an update on Monday, the sheriff's office said they "received a court order releasing both suspects from custody on their own recognizance."
Fentanyl is increasingly cut into other drugs to cut costs
- In recent years, fentanyl, much of which is brought into the country via Mexican cartels from China, has triggered the recent spike in deaths
- Earlier this year, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a warning about a surge of fentanyl overdoses and mass overdose events
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