A Border Patrol K-9 helped make a big drug bust in Yuma earlier this week.
The crate from Arizona that arrived in the Maine town about 30 miles north of Portland was taken to the police department, where a chemical field examination confirmed it contained fentanyl.near 230 pounds of fentanyl and 10 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop on June 2.
The DEA reiterates that fentanyl is the deadliest drug facing this country. Officials say it’s 50 times more potent than heroin and just two milligrams, or about the amount that can fit on the tip of a pen, is considered a lethal dose.
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