Largest chemical seizure at Houston port disrupts methamphetamine production for Sinaloa cartel, Feds say
Federal agents intercepted over 300,000 kilograms of methamphetamine precursors from China, disrupting supply valued at $569 million destined for the Sinaloa Cartel's clandestine labs.
- Federal officials announced a record-breaking drug bust, seizing over 300,000 kilos of meth precursor chemicals.
- Officials say the chemicals could've produced almost 190,000 kilos of methamphetamine, which would generate nearly $570 million.
- The seizure marks the first time a warrant was issued under the terrorism statute for material support of a foreign terrorist group, the Sinaloa Cartel.
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U.S. Seizes Record Meth Shipment Tied to Sinaloa Cartel - American Faith
Federal agents have carried out the largest seizure of methamphetamine precursors in U.S. history, intercepting nearly 700,000 pounds of chemicals headed from China to Mexico. Authorities said the shipments were bound for clandestine labs operated by the Sinaloa Cartel. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents, working overseas, interdicted the shipments on the high seas before they could reach cartel hands. The chemicals—164,880 kilos of b…
Pasadena. The United States announced yesterday the seizure of 13,000 barrels containing some 300,000 kilos of chemicals used for the manufacture of methamphetamine that, according to federal authorities, came from China and were destined for the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.
US seizes over 300 metric tons of meth precursor chemicals bound for Mexico
Authorities in the United States said on Wednesday that they had seized “on the high seas” more than 300,000 kilograms of methamphetamine precursor chemicals. Officials said the chemicals were being shipped from China to Mexico, where they were destined for clandestine Sinaloa Cartel laboratories. “This is the largest seizure of precursor chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine in U.S. history,” said U.S. Attorney for the District of Colum…
Largest Ever Meth Precursor Seizure Interdicts Shipment En-Route from China to the Sinaloa Cartel
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents executed the largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine precursor chemicals in Texas this week. The chemicals were en route from China to the Sinaloa Cartel, where they could have been used to produce $569 million worth of illegal drugs. [RELATED: U.S. Blows Narco Vessel Out Of The Water In Southern Caribbean…] “China [...] The post Largest Ever Meth Precursor Seizure Interdicts Shipment En-Route from C…
Feds intercept 1,300 barrels of meth precursor chemicals shipped from China to Mexico
Federal officials made a high-seas interception of hundreds of thousands of pounds of two different precursor chemicals that are used to make methamphetamine, a shipment they say came from China and was destined for the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.
Federal agents seize massive meth chemical shipment from China to Mexico
Federal agents just pulled off a high-seas heist of epic proportions, intercepting a monstrous load of chemicals destined to fuel America’s drug crisis. According to Fox News, on September 3, 2025, officials announced in Pasadena, Texas, a record-breaking bust of 1,300 barrels of precursor chemicals—enough to churn out a staggering amount of methamphetamine—shipped from China to Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa Cartel. This operation, hailed as the la…
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