Federal brokers discovered “pink cocaine” — a lethal drug cocktail favored by migrant gangs — throughout a raid on a Colorado underground nightclub the place greater than 100 unlawful aliens have been busted, they stated.
The foremost operation in Colorado Springs involving round 300 brokers from the Drug Enforcement Administration, different federal companies and the native sheriff’s workplace additionally noticed a variety of weapons and different medicine uncovered.
“As you could suspect, when the cops confirmed up on the door, many of the medicine hit the ground,” DEA Rocky Mountain Subject Division Particular Agent in Cost Jonathan Pullen informed FOX31.
“We did discover cocaine, seems to be like some pink cocaine,” he added.
It’s the first time pink cocaine, often known as Tusi, has been present in Colorado, the DEA stated.
The drug often accommodates no precise cocaine, however is reasonably a doubtlessly lethal cocktail often made up of ketamine, MDMA, methamphetamine, and caffeine — generally with lethal fentanyl combined in.
The Venezuelan migrant gang Tren de Aragua has been busted for trafficking the drug within the US, together with in New York Metropolis migrant shelters.