Fentanyl involved in over half of drug arrests in SF; narcotics seizures already exceed 2022

by Gabe Agcaoili, Bay City News August 10, 2023August 8, 2023

San Francisco is stepping up its efforts to combat open-air drug dealing, with police saying they have confiscated 123 kilograms of narcotics so far this year. Officers in the Tenderloin have made 533 arrests so far in 2023, nearly surpassing the 566 total arrests there in 2022. (Photo illustration. Image via marc falardeau/Flickr, CC BY)

Fentanyl accounted for more than half of illegal drugs seized in San Francisco so far in 2023, according to police.

The San Francisco Police Department said in a news release that of the 123 kilograms of narcotics seized this year, fentanyl confiscated in Tenderloin neighborhood alone accounted for 80 kilograms.

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