HELENA — A large seizure of carfentanil or elephant tranquilizer in Billings earlier this month is raising concerns for Montana’s health and safety.
.We see a lot of fentanyl, a lot of methamphetamines, but this is a new one,” Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen says.” “We have seen some very small amounts of carfentanil, which obviously sounds like fentanyl, but it is a lot more potent. We have never seen a shipment this big.”
The Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area recently seized a large amount of dangerous drugs.
Knudsen says they were trafficked into Montana from out of state and that drugs originated from the Mexican cartels.
