KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Federal authorities say a woman traveling from Los
Angeles to New York had enough fentanyl in her luggage to make 1.5 million
lethal doses when she was stopped at a Kansas City bus station.
The U.S. Attorney’s office said 33-year-old Evelyn Sanchez was arrested Tuesday
and charged with possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
She remains in federal custody awaiting a detention hearing, which hasn’t been
scheduled.
The prosecutors say Kansas City police, working with federal agents, found more
than 5 pounds of the drug packaged in two bundles when they searched her
suitcase after a K-9 alerted to it.
William Callahan, a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent based in St.
Louis, said in a news release that the seizure would keep “1.5 million lethal
doses” off the streets.
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