Drug Bust in Denver Yields Huge Fentanyl Seizure, Two Cartel-Connected Aliens Arrested
A drug bust in the Denver, Colorado, area resulted in the arrest of two cartel-connected illegal aliens and the seizure of a large stash of drugs, including 130,000 fentanyl pills. The operation was carried out by the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) and the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force.
The agencies executed a search warrant at an apartment complex on Monday morning and found two illegal aliens tied to the Mexican Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels. The illegal aliens were not identified by name, but a total of 130,000 fentanyl pills, as well as cocaine, meth, and heroin, were seized during the raid.
Videos posted on the RMFD’s X account showed law enforcement officers approaching and breaching the door to a first-level apartment during the operation. The agency also captioned one of its videos with the message “Message to the bad guys: the next door we kick in just may be yours.”
This operation comes one day after the DEA raided a makeshift nightclub in the Denver area associated with the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, taking dozens of illegal aliens into custody. Since President Donald Trump took office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained thousands of illegal aliens nationwide.
On Monday alone, ICE said 1,179 people were arrested, and 853 immigration detainers were lodged. The Trump administration is pushing ICE to increase the number of arrests per day, aiming for between 1,200 to 1,500 people.