Stacy Zinn-Brittain (DEA): "Bozeman is a different animal because we have a cocaine pipeline going through that area, and we have two cartels that are sitting up in that general region."
Fentanyl dealers "got pulled over and they decided to hide the evidence by eating all the fentanyl pills. Everybody coded and they had to be revived with Narcan. "
Meth and fentanyl is being brought into Montana by the Mexican drug cartels. Those drugs are fueling violence, addiction, and a demand on family and social services programs all across the state. We're also seeing a big spike in pill use by kids.
We've already confirmed that Mexican drug cartel members are or recently have been in our jails here in Montana. We've also told you that MS-13 operatives, and the big city gangbangers are all moving into Montana. But what about the pill pushers?