U.S. border officers make largest-ever fentanyl bust: 254 pounds hidden under cucumbers

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Arizona announced Thursday their largest-ever seizure of fentanyl — 254 pounds of powder and pills hidden in a truck hauling cucumbers.

The load was enough for more than 100 million lethal doses of the drug, a synthetic opioid that has fueled an epidemic of U.S. overdose deaths. In addition to the fentanyl, which was concealed in a secret floor compartment of the trailer, officers also uncovered 395 pounds of methamphetamine, CBP officials said.