A record total of 1.7 million fentanyl pills, with a street value of $9 million, was taken off the streets of Arizona as part of a crackdown on drug traffickers by state and federal law enforcement agencies.

The Scottsdale Police Department held a press conference on Thursday to update the public on the record narcotics seizure.

“It’s that partnership at all levels in the state of Arizona — the state partners, our municipal partners, and federal partners — that really brings us to the success that we have today,” said Scottsdale police Chief Jeff Walther, who said the seize was achieved in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Agency.

The bust took place on Tuesday, and aside from the roughly 360 pounds of fentanyl pills, authorities also confiscated 10 kilos of powdered fentanyl and 1 pound of methamphetamine.

Walther explained that over the past several months, the Scottsdale Police Department in tandem with the Phoenix Field Division of the DEA had opened an investigation related to the Sinaloa Cartel and their drug-trafficking activity in the state — metro Phoenix, specifically.

“The Sinaloa Cartel primarily uses trafficking routes that go through Arizona,” said Cheri Oz, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Phoenix Field Division during the press conference. “We are confident this is Sinaloa Cartel narcotics.”

The investigation uncovered an individual who they suspected of transporting drugs for the organization. Through tracking that suspect, authorities uncovered the drugs, which, according to Walther, were found stashed in several residences and storage lockers in the Valley.

The suspect was not identified and Walther did not clarify if any arrests were made.

Attorney General Mark Brnovich thanked the work of Scottsdale police and the DEA during the news conference and alerted the public of the dangers of this drug.

The pills and the powdered fentanyl totaled almost 6 million fentanyl pills, according to Brnovich. “That is enough to kill half the population in the state of Arizona. Two milligrams can be fatal in some instances,” he said. “This may be in Arizona’s backyard today but it’s coming to the rest of the country.”

“This is not a recreational drug, this is what is driving our opioid crisis in the United States,” Walther said.

Using a multi-agency approach, the DEA launched the “One Pill Can Kill” campaign, urging the public to become more aware of the dangers of fentanyl-laced pills. Campaign enforcement includes increasing public awareness, as well as seizing drugs, money, firearms and arresting traffickers.

Since January, the DEA has seized over 9.5 million pills right in Arizona; 20,000,000 across the U.S., Oz said.