Police said they discovered the drugs during an undercover narcotics investigation near downtown Los Angeles. A Drug Enforcement Administration chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York on Oct. 8, 2019. A Drug Enforcement Administration chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York on Oct. 8, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images Los Angeles police discovered more than 50 pounds of fentanyl and nine pounds of black tar heroin while carrying out a search warrant on...
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