DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl ‘super laboratories’ in Canada

US Drug Enforcement Concerned About Canada’s Fentanyl ‘Super Laboratories’

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is highly focused on Mexican cartels in its latest national threat assessment, but it also raises concerns about Canada, citing the presence of large-scale, sophisticated fentanyl laboratories in the country. The DEA released on May 13 its National Drug Threat Assessment for the year 2025, which identifies the key Mexican cartels and their operations, and provides an overview of the trends involving…

The quiet days are scarce on the border that Mexico and the United States share, metonymia that disguises the binational relationship, a handful of capricious tributaries that flow into a river of changing channel. With Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January, the security negotiation has focused on the fight against the trafficking of fentanyl and the criminal groups dedicated to it. Trump demanded results and pulled the monster fro…

Carfentanil: 100 times stronger than fentanyl

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - A drug that was initially made to tranquilize animals like rhinos and elephants is now being seen in South Dakota. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is 100 times stronger than fentanyl. "A lethal dose is about the size of a grain of salt," Minnehaha County Sheriff Mike Milstead said. "Now it's made a resurgence and it's entering the U.S. once again, obviously extre…

AG Sunday Announce $6M Fentanyl Seizure in North Philadelphia – DV Journal

(From a press release) Attorney General Dave Sunday — along with Homeland Security Investigations and Philadelphia Police Department — announced the disbanding of a major, Philadelphia-based fentanyl trafficking network with arrests of several individuals and seizures of more than $6 million worth of fentanyl and cutting agent xylazine. Investigators made the arrests and seizures this week during vehicle stops and search warrants conducted at a …

DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl ’super laboratories’ in Canada

WASHINGTON -- The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern -- after U.S. President Donald Trump used cross-border traffic in the deadly drug to justify hitting imports of Canadian goods with tariffs.

U.S. DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl ‘super laboratories’ in Canada

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest threat assessment says fentanyl “super laboratories” in Canada are a growing source of concern.