Colorado Springs police said a regional narcotics investigation produced a seizure of 188 pounds of methamphetamine and about 37,000 fentanyl pills. The department described the operation in an Oct. 26 release about searches carried out four days earlier.
The Metro Narcotics and Related Crimes Unit, which includes city police and El Paso County sheriff’s detectives, began investigating in May. Police said three residential search warrants in Colorado Springs and El Paso County were executed with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Two pistols, a rifle and cash estimated at $40,000 were also reported seized; the cash was still being counted.
The release said two suspects were taken into custody on Oct. 22, one in Colorado Springs and another in New Mexico. Both faced drug-related charges. Those are allegations, not findings of guilt. The announcement described the investigation as active at that time and does not establish a later court outcome.
