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Two Indian companies indicted in US for importing ingredients used in opioid fentanyl

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Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid about 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.

Two Indian chemical companies accused of importing ingredients for fentanyl into the U.S. and Mexico .

The companies supplied "precursor" chemicals they knew would be used to make fentanyl, prosecutors say.

One indictment said the defendants agreed to sell 20 kilograms of the same chemical to an undercover agent.

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