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US Border Patrol agent arrested/charged with trafficking over 350,000 pills believed to be fentanyl
US Border Patrol agent arrested and charged with trafficking over 350,000 pills believed to be fentanylhttps://news.yahoo.com/us-border-patrol-agent-arrested-020059992.html
A US Border Patrol agent assigned to Tucson, Arizona, was arrested and charged with drug trafficking after he was found with thousands of pills and substances that tested positive for cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl.
Carlos Victor Passapera Pinnot, 53, left his home around 3:15 a.m. on Sunday and drove to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, where he placed two duffel bags into another vehicle, the Justice Department said in a press release.
The driver of the second vehicle was stopped by law enforcement officials, and the bags were searched.
The contents included substances that tested positive for an assortment of drugs, including 21 kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of heroin, and one kilogram of fentanyl. Roughly 350,000 pills that tested positive for fentanyl were found in the bags.
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They follow their fearless criminal leader, right to prison. 
