During the operation, which took place in the middle of the week, five people were arrested and, in addition to methamphetamine, 16 kilograms of fentanyl tablets, 12 kilograms of powdered fentanyl, one kilogram of cocaine hydrochloride, three weapons of fire and 15 cartridges.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities nearly a ton of methamphetamine seized and other drugs in the city of Mexicaliclose to the border with the United States.
The drug shipment was located by elements of the Army and the Public Ministry during a search of a property in the Ejido Sinaloa de Mexicali, state of Baja California, said in a statement on Friday the General Prosecutor of the Republic.
elements of the #FGRattached to the @FGR_AICin its Northwest Region (@FGR_BC), executed a search warrant in a property located in Mexicali, Baja California, where they seized close to a ton of methamphetamine and other substances. During the search, Carlos “R” was arrested… pic.twitter.com/OLntbmXSQf
— FGR Mexico (@FGRMexico) May 26, 2023
During the operation, which took place in the middle of the week, five people were arrested, and it was confiscated, in addition to the methamphetamine, 16 kilograms of fentanyl in tablets, 12 kilograms of powdered fentanyl, one kilogram of cocaine hydrochloride, three firearms and 15 cartridges.
In January 2022, elements of the army, the National Guard and the federal prosecutor’s office seized more than 5.8 tons of methamphetamine in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, in what was considered the largest seizure of that drug during the current government that began in 2018.
