California drug bust yields enough fentanyl to kill quarter of state’s population

Officials uncovered alarming amount of fentanyl-laced pills' during routine traffic stop in state's central valley

A routine traffic stop in California's central valley turned into a major fentanyl bust when authorities seized enough lethal doses to kill a quarter of California's population, according to California highway patrol (CHP).

In a statement released on Friday, CHP officers in Stockton, about 50 miles south of the capitol city of Sacramento, said that last month, while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 5 highway near Airport Boulevard, officers uncovered an alarming amount of fentanyl-laced pills" after a K9 signaled the scent of narcotics.