2 days ago · Arizona Financial Crimes Task Force in Partnership with DEA Seizes Over 1,750 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in Major Drug Bust

2 days ago · PHOENIX - Officials with the Arizona Department of Public Safety say a drug bust at a home in the Phoenix area led to the seizure of millions of doses of meth and fentanyl. The bust, according to ...

Fentanyl has overtaken meth as the deadliest drug in Arizona. Fentanyl deaths have increased by 4,900 percent since 2015. 60 percent of all drug-related deaths involve fentanyl. In Maricopa County, more than three people die every day on average due to fentanyl.

2 days ago · PHOENIX, Ariz. – Investigators with the Arizona Financial Crimes Task Force executed a residential search warrant in the Phoenix area on Monday, January 27, 2025, following a traffic stop that resulted in the seizure of 50 pounds of methamphetamine. As a result of the search warrant, investigators seized approximately 1,609 pounds of methamphetamine, 161 pounds of fentanyl pills ...

Jul 24, 2024 · New numbers show overall opioid drug overdose deaths are dropping but overdose deaths among teens are on the rise in Arizona. PHOENIX (AZFamily) —Two fentanyl cases in the spotlight Tuesday in...

Jan 15, 2025 · Funding will support local law enforcement Phoenix, AZ — Today, Governor Katie Hobbs announced $17.2 million in funding from the SAFE (Stopping Arizona’s Fentanyl Epidemic) initiative to support local law enforcement’s border security work, drug interdiction efforts, and combatting human trafficking. This investment will support law enforcement departments, including county sheriffs ...

More than five people die every day from opioid overdoses in Arizona. Prescription opioids and illegal opioids like counterfeit pills with fentanyl are addictive and can be deadly. In 2017, a statewide public health emergency was issued in an effort to reduce opioid deaths.

The state of Arizona, along with the rest of the nation, is confronting a troubling surge in opioid-related overdose deaths, with illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioids playing a pivotal role.

Jan 25, 2024 · PHOENIX – Attorney General Mayes today announced the seizure of over a half-million illicit fentanyl pills, the results of an investigation between the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Tempe Police Department, and the Phoenix Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is educating Arizonans on fentanyl and opioid treatment and prevention, the signs of an overdose and how to use the life-saving opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone.