Five arrested in fentanyl investigation

Five people who had in their possession a package of vials whose content is allegedly the drug Fentanyl, which was “lost” from the Social Security Fund (CSS), were apprehended on Saturday, May 27, by judicial authorities.

The Public Ministry reported that the Drug Prosecutor’s Office together with the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, with the support of members of the National Police, carried out a raid in Pueblo Nuevo.

Fentanyl is a drug 50 times more powerful than heroin and has unleashed a public health crisis in the United States due to the increase in deaths related to its illegal use.

There they found vials as well as marijuana and chemical precursors.

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into the loss of 19,000 vials of fentanyl in November 2022. However, to date the authorities had not been able to recover the drug, nor have charges been filed for its disappearance.

On March 16, he carried out an ocular inspection of the CSS Pharmacy department in search of evidence of the loss of fentanyl.