DEA Seizes 1.7 Million Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills in Colorado, One of the Largest U.S. Busts

"The pills were found after a winning bidder legally purchased the contents of a storage unit—only to discover it was filled with fentanyl pills and an additional 12 kilograms of fentanyl powder. Officials say the powder alone could have produced up to six million more pills."

Nov 2025
https://www.dailyfly.com/2...

The article says two (seemingly) contradictory 'facts' about these pills (and powder).

First it calls them "counterfeit" ... but then goes on to say the 'scale of the seizures' represents "countless lives saved" and calls them "poison pills".

[DEA Special Agent in Charge David Olesky. “There is no doubt many lives have been saved by keeping these poison pills off the streets of Colorado.”]

So which is it?
Were they actual poisonous deadly fentanyl pills?
Or "counterfeit" pills?

The seller can claim they are fentanyl pills, but can actually contain other substances unbeknownst to the buyers, which can be deadly.
Maybe it was implied that both were one in the same.

👍 .. yea I guess that could explain it. Sloppy journalism though!