BILLINGS — The Montana Department of Justice and Billings Police Department are warning citizens of the increased presence of the synthetic opioid carfentanil in Yellowstone County.

Officials said in a press release that the Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force recently seized a large amount of dangerous drugs trafficked into Montana from out of state following a tip.

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The State Crime Lab tested the drugs and found that a 5,300-pill seizure tested positive for carfentanil. Seizures involving carfentanil typically result in one or two seized pills.

Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid, used to tranquilize elephants, and is approximately 100 times more pote

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