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title: "Pittsburgh SWAT Team Exposed to Chemicals During Drug Raid"
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#  Pittsburgh SWAT Team Exposed to Chemicals During Drug Raid

 Written by CBRNe World Staff on 09 August 2017.

The team was assisting U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement and U.S. Homeland Security officials at the time. Acting U.S. Attorney Soo Song said that the activity was part of \\"an ongoing drug investigation,\\" and that it was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement with help from city and state police and postal inspectors.
Federal officials suspect the chemical substance was fentanyl.

 [Security](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/security), [Chemical](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/chemical)

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