FBI’s ‘Operation Box Cutter’ indicts Chinese pharma firms, terror-linked cartel assets in fentanyl takedown

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. The FBI director said China has agreed on a plan to curb the flow of chemicals used to produce fentanyl. (Credit: NBC Pool) EXCLUSIVE: Six Chinese citizens and two China-based pharmaceutical companies have been indicted for allegedly selling and delivering chemical precursors used to make fentanyl intended to be smuggled into the United States, as well as forging an alliance with a Mexican drug cartel, the Justice Department said. A federal grand jury in Dayton, Ohio returned charges against the Shandong Believe Chemical Company and Shandong Ranhang Biotechnology, as well as individuals Hanson Zhao, Gao Yanpeng, Xia Yi, Zhang Jian, Wang Zhoalan and Zhang Chunhai. The indictments stemmed from Operation Box Cutter, the FBI-led multi-agency crackdown targeting the global supply chain of fentanyl precursors. The FBI received assistance from China's Minis