From New York Post:
US sanctions Chinese fentanyl ‘kingpin’ for mailing lethal drug
The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled sanctions against an alleged Chinese fentanyl distributor deemed “one of the most significant drug traffickers in the world.”
Zhang Taotao is accused of shipping large amounts of the powerful synthetic opioid to the US. Fentanyl is less expensive than heroin and prescription painkillers, but can kill in very small doses.
Fentanyl sourced largely from labs in China has driven a spike in US drug overdose deaths. More than 31,000 Americans died after taking synthetic opioids in 2018, continuing a five-year surge.
“Zhang has shipped synthetic opioids to the United States via multiple individuals and freight-forwarding services and used false labelling to disguise parcel contents and avoid seizure by authorities,” the State Department said in a statement. “Once a package is received in the United States, U.S.-based distributors press fentanyl into counterfeit pharmaceutical pills for further distribution and domestic consumption.”
The Treasury Department will apply sanctions against Zhang and Hong Kong-based Allyrise Technology Group Co. under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
Good - get that crap off our streets. China is asshoe.
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