The North Metro Drug Task Force seized nearly 60,000 counterfeit fentanyl M-30 pills, five pounds of methamphetamine and several pounds of cocaine and heroin on April 4, the Adam County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.
The task force worked with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Colorado State Patrol to seize the drugs, as well as arrest several suspects who face various criminal charges, the sheriff’s office said.
Sheriff’s officials did not detail how many people had been arrested and what specific charges they face. The investigation is ongoing, with future seizures and arrests possible, Adams County sheriff’s Sgt. Adam Sherman said.
The DEA as medications that have different ingredients — more, less or none — than the actual medication they’re designed to look like. The fentanyl pills seized were falsely marketed as oxycodone, Sherman said, with each pill possibly containing a lethal dose of fentanyl.
“Counterfeit pills may contain lethal amounts of fentanyl or methamphetamine and are extremely dangerous because they often appear identical to legitimate prescription pills, and the user is likely unaware of how lethal they can be,” DEA officials write.
