US Edition55 Tons of Meth Precursor Chemicals Seized: Border Officials
- Border Patrol officials intercepted 55 tons of dicumyl peroxide used to make methamphetamine at the Port of Long Beach, California, on Friday, June 6, 2025.
- This seizure is part of a 2019 initiative focused on detecting and intercepting shipments of precursor chemicals originating from China and other countries that are bound for Mexican drug cartels such as the Sinaloa Cartel.
- The initiative has disrupted the flow of chemicals that cartels rely on to produce narcotics, leading to interdiction of nearly 1,900 tons of precursors, including 44 tons seized at Port Houston in March 2025.
- Chad Plantz, Special Agent in Charge of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations in Houston, stated that this initiative equips HSI with a powerful new approach to disrupt chemical shipments from China, helping to anticipate and counter the cartels' operations.
- The ongoing disruptions suggest U.S. authorities are intensifying efforts against Mexican cartels, which have partnered with Chinese entities to traffic chemicals and launder proceeds, causing addiction and death locally.
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MSN55 tons of meth precursor chemicals seized: Border officials
(NewsNation) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection seized more than 55 tons of dicumyl peroxide, a chemical precursor used to produce methamphetamines and other narcotics, last week at the Port of Long Beach, California, according to an ICE news release. According to immigration officials, the shipment originated in China and was en route to the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico. Cartels using teens to smuggle …
U.S. authorities seized on May 30 a shipment of 50,000 kilograms of dicumyl peroxide at the port of Long Beach, California, a chemical substance used by drug cartels for the production of methamphetamines and other synthetic drugs.
This week, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intercepted a shipment of 50,000 kilograms of drug precursor chemicals from China that were destined for the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico to be used to make methamphetamine. Chad Planz, a special agent with the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agency in Houston,...
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