SACRAMENTO — Continuing California's aggressive push to tackle the illicit fentanyl crisis, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force seized almost 4,638 pounds of fentanyl powder and more than 8.8 million pills containing fentanyl since January 2024. These seizures are valued at nearly $40 million.
The task force helps local and federal partners take deadly fentanyl off the street, focusing on ports of entry along the southern border.
The task force focuses on gathering information to interdict illegal narcotics trafficking, utilizing air and ground assets to build criminal investigations, and supporting personnel at border ports of entry to stop illicit narcotics trafficking. CalGuard members with the Counter Drug Taskforce are embedded in cross-government initiatives to combat transnational criminal organizations and the trafficking of illegal narcotics – like fentanyl.
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