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Corpus Christi BP find Fentanyl on SPID Seashore

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Photo courtesy of US Border Patrol RGV Sector

CORPUS CHRISTI (News Release) - Over a kilogram of Fentanyl was discovered on the Padre Island National Seashore by Corpus Christi Station Border Patrol agents. The Texas Drug Enforcement Administration division state that a lethal dose of fentanyl equates to 10-15 grains of table salt.

More than 100 thousand Americans died of fentanyl overdose in 2021.

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