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Sheriff: Two Jailed After Escambia Traffic Stop Nets Enough Fentanyl To Kill Over One Million People
September 4, 2026
A traffic stop in Escambia County led to the arrest of two men with enough fentanyl to kill over one million people, according to Sheriff Chip Simmons.
An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped the vehicle in Wedgewood for a tag violation, and a K-9 alerted to the presence of drugs in the vehicle.
When deputies searched the vehicle, they reported finding 2,145 grams of fentanyl, along with $22,874 in cash.
“According to the DEA’s benchmark, two milligrams can potentially be a lethal dose,” Simmons said. “That means over a million people could conceivably have been killed with this amount of fentanyl.”
Ramon Becerra-Urbie, 24, and Adrian Medina-Ortiz, 25, were both charged with trafficking fentanyl and booked into the Escambia County Jail. Urbie (pictured left) was in the country illegally, according to the sheriff.
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