PALM BAY, Fla. – In what’s being called the largest bust of its kind in the U.S., Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey on Wednesday detailed the seizure of 92,000 pounds of an illegal substance and an arsenal of weapons and explosives.

In a Facebook post, Ivey said Maxwell Horvath, 26, was arrested on dozens of charges in connection with the seizure.

Ivey said the “major drug and explosive devices arrest” was “breaking bad on steroids!!”

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In a month-long investigation that began in September and involved the DEA, ATF and Palm Bay Police Department, Ivey said agents seized about 92,000 pounds of an illegal substance suspected to contain a concentration of 7-OH, which is about 13 times more potent than morphine, that has a street v

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