Vast majority of large U.S. fentanyl seizures happen along Mexican border, report finds

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Open this photo in gallery: In 2023-2024, counties along the Canadian border accounted for less than 2.5 per cent of large fentanyl seizures in the U.S.Patrick Doyle/Reuters Almost all large seizures of illicit fentanyl in the United States occur along the southern border with Mexico, according to a new report that casts more doubt on the White House's claim that the drug is "pouring" into the U.S. from Canada. U.S. President Donald Trump has cited the fentanyl crisis as a legal rationale to invoke emergency economic powers and impose tariffs on imports from Canada. But a Manhattan Institute report by…