US police make record-breaking drug bust in Nebraska

The $20m-worth of fentanyl, found in a hidden compartment of a truck, is enough to kill 26 million people, according to US drug enforcement officials.

Police in the United States have made a record-breaking seizure of an illegal drug – with enough doses to kill millions of people.

Fentanyl worth $20m was found hidden in a truck during a routine traffic stop in Nebraska.

The synthetic drug is up to 50 times more potent than heroin.

Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports.