In a record-breaking drug bust, authorities in Colorado discovered 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills in a storage unit in Highlands Ranch. On November 11, a winning bidder at a storage unit auction stumbled upon the illegal narcotics and promptly alerted the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. This seizure marks the largest of its kind in Colorado history and the sixth largest in the United States.

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the storage unit contained not only the counterfeit pills but also 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder, which could potentially yield up to an additional six million pills . The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge, David Olesky , emphasized the significance of the bust, stating, "There is no doubt many lives have

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