SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rican police detained suspected gang members accused of making and trafficking the synthetic drug fentanyl, officials said on Tuesday, the first such arrests associated with the powerful opioid linked to an overdose crisis in the United States.
Four suspects were taken into custody, two Costa Ricans and two Colombians, along with 1,100 fentanyl pills in an operation backed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that included raids in three towns in central Costa Rica, Security Minister Mario Zamora said at a press conference.
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