CBP Marks Fentanyl Awareness Day, Touts Border Seizure Surge

At a Times Square event for National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, CBP Deputy Commissioner John Modlin emphasized an intensified counter‑fentanyl push across land, air, and sea, highlighting tech, canines, and intelligence‑driven targeting. The remarks align with recent CBP releases showing a mid‑summer spike in fentanyl seizures and a coordinated enforcement and communications campaign. The focus underscores border interdictions and efforts to dismantle transnational networks moving fentanyl, precursors, and pill‑making gear.