Colorado Police Seize Enough Fentanyl To Kill 25 Million People

COLORADO- Officers with the Colorado State Patrol seized 114 pounds of fentanyl on a highway, enough to kill millions of people, authorities said.

State patrol stopped a car that was heading toward Denver on interstate 70 near Georgetown when the discovery was made, according to an official with the Colorado State Patrol, reports Fox News.

The 114 pounds of pure fentanyl powder was found below the passenger and driver seats, which were reachable by a trap door and were in 48 one-kilo bricks, according to Fox News.

The amount of pure fentanyl is enough to kill 28 million people, the DEA said.

The agency believes that the bust was the biggest seizure of pure fentanyl powder made on a U.S. highway.