US Seizes Massive Meth Precursor Shipment from China Bound for Sinaloa Cartel
Federal officials have made what they’re calling a record-breaking seizure of precursor chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine, intercepting a shipment from China that was headed directly into the hands of…
Federal officials have made what they’re calling a record-breaking seizure of precursor chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine, intercepting a shipment from China that was headed directly into the hands of Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa cartel.
Jeanine Pirro, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, delivered the bombshell announcement during a press conference in Pasadena, Texas, calling it the largest bust of its kind aimed at a foreign terrorist organization, according to Fox News.
“Tons of chemicals that are used to create synthetic drugs like methamphetamine and fentanyl are shipped from China to Mexico in China’s undeclared war against America,” Pirro said.
The intercepted shipment was staggering in scale. According to Pirro, U.S. forces seized 1,300 barrels holding 363,000 pounds of benzyl alcohol and 334,000 pounds of N-Methylformamide from two different vessels in international waters.
These precursor chemicals could have been used to cook up 420,000 pounds of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of $569 million.
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons laid out the mission’s strategy: attack the supply line before it poisons American communities.
“Had these precursors made it to the destination, they would have made hundreds of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine, with profits of over half a billion dollars, which would lead to more American deaths here, not only in Houston, but all across the country,” Lyons said.