A joint federal and local law enforcement operation resulted in the confiscation of more than 550 grams of fentanyl that was mailed to Hall County.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) carried out the narcotics package interdiction operation on Tuesday, August 22. They were assisted by agents from Homeland Security and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
While inspecting packages, an HCSO K9 detected drugs in a package shipped from California to a P.O. Box in Flowery Branch.
“According to the initial investigation, the individual the package was addressed to does not exist,” says HCSO Public Information Officer Derreck Booth.
Law enforcement obtained a search warrant and opened the package, which contained approximately 562 grams of fentanyl pills. The pills have an estimated street value of $112,400.
“There have been no arrests at this point,” says Booth.
Investigators are still working to determine who the intended recipient was and who sent the pills.
