Overview
- Officials displayed approximately 1.7 million counterfeit M30 pills and 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder on Nov. 17 after a Nov. 11 discovery in a Highlands Ranch storage unit.
- Authorities call it the largest single fentanyl seizure in Colorado and the sixth-largest suspected pill haul in the United States.
- A winning bidder who legally purchased the auctioned unit found the drugs during inspection and immediately alerted deputies, who secured the scene.
- The registered owner was arrested by the DEA in April, which left the unit unpaid and led to the auction, and investigators are withholding identities due to active cases.
- The cache also included about 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine, and the DEA says the fentanyl powder could be pressed into up to roughly 6 million additional pills.