Los Angeles County authorities on March 11 announced a major drug bust that resulted in three arrests and the seizure of 50 pounds of fentanyl.
The fentanyl haul was more than the total seized at the U.S.-Canadian border last year, according to District Attorney Nathan Hochman.
Two of the three arrested were not required to post bond before they were released back into the community Wednesday, according to inmate records.
Local police in Downey, about 16 miles south of Los Angeles, worked with a state and county fentanyl task force during the investigation.
“To say this investigation has saved thousands of lives is an understatement,” Downey Police Chief Scott Lougher said at a news conference Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles, where he was joined by Attorney General Rob Bonta and Hochman….