TheValentinePianoman t1_jea5r2l wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:11 PM

Reply to comment by SKIPPY_IS_REAL in Several People Arrested After Guns, Narcotics Found During Operation in Hartford by IndicationOver

How do you know these aren't part of the group of people that bring it in? I think any fentanyl bust is a good one.

SKIPPY_IS_REAL t1_jea6696 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:14 PM

I know it's not the group bringing it in because they are bragging about guns instead of bragging about dealing a substantial blow to the fentanyl situation.

TheValentinePianoman t1_jea72xr wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:21 PM

Wouldn't that be proof of the exact opposite? Besides, they might not be yet higher up on the ladder but who knows? One of them might have the balls to snitch

SKIPPY_IS_REAL t1_jea7u1i wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:26 PM

Maybe, my point is that they don't specify. There are a lot of fentanyl busts going on over the last few days across the country as part of a huge federal operation. If you look at all of those stories, the highlighted picture is a table full of drugs despite hundreds of guns also being seized. In this one case, they are highlighting the guns and not the drugs. So my guess is these guys are not very high up and that these are small fish.

TheValentinePianoman t1_jea893t wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:29 PM

And my question was how do you know. It seems like we're just running around in circles like a dog chasing its tail. I said any fentanyl bust is a good bust and if we are able to get information on those who are bringing it into the state, even better. We can both agree on that, right? If so, then this conversation is over

CarlinHicksCross t1_jebnp8m wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:57 PM

I mean, it hasn't done anything to impact the current amount of fentanyl flooding the country. 7k bags of fentanyl off the streets of hartford is a literal drop in the pan, lol. Country wide no matter how many busts and large scale drug operations we do, the overdose rate and addiction rates continue to soar, people continue to have unfettered access to fentanyl, and we continue to wage a useless war on drugs that's been nothing but an abject failure since the 70s.