US EditionLargest 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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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…
Federal authorities presented the seizure operation in Texas, a blow that exposes the magnitude of the logistics chains of drug trafficking and opens a new front in the dispute with Asian suppliers
US seizes 300,000 kilos of meth precursors from China
The United States announced Wednesday it had seized more than 700,000 pounds (300,000 kilograms) of meth precursor chemicals that officials said were en route from China to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. “This is the largest seizure of precursor chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine in US history,” US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro told reporters at the Port of Houston in the southern state of Texas. She spoke in a warehou…
The government announced on Wednesday the seizure of 13,000 barrels containing some 300,000 kg of chemicals used for the manufacture of methamphetamine that, according to federal authorities, went from China to the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.]]>
China-to-Mexico drug route shattered in record seizure of drug precursor chemicals
MxM News Quick Hit: U.S. Attorney Janine Pirro revealed Wednesday the largest federal seizure of drug precursor chemicals in U.S. history, intercepting two shipments from China bound for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. The chemicals, capable of producing more than 420,000 pounds of methamphetamine, were seized in international waters near Panama. Key Details: Pirro announced the bust during a press conference in Pasadena, Texas, joined by ICE, DEA, CB…
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