A winning bidder of a Colorado storage unit unexpectedly found more than 1 million counterfeit fentanyl pills inside in a record-breaking narcotics seizure, federal authorities announced Monday. The bidder made the "shocking discovery" on Nov. 11 at a suburban Denver storage facility, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The individual "immediately" notified the sheriff's office of what appeared to be illegal narcotics, authorities said. Law enforcement ultimately identified approximately 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills and 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder that had the potential to yield up to an additional 6 million pills, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The incident marks the largest one-time seizure of counterfeit pills in Colorado history, and
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