Saturday, March 17, 2007

Mexico meth raid yields $205 million in U.S. cash

By S-Q @ 6:20 AM MDT

Authorities say it's the largest drug money haul in history and reflects a vast global trade.

MEXICO CITY — Authorities confiscated more than $200 million in U.S. currency from methamphetamine producers in one of this city's ritziest neighborhoods, they said Friday, calling it the largest drug cash seizure in history.

The seizure reflected the vast scope of an illegal drug trade linking Asia, Mexico and the United States, officials said. Two of the seven people arrested Thursday at a faux Mediterranean villa in the Lomas de Chapultepec neighborhood were Chinese nationals.

The group was part of a larger drug-trafficking organization that imports "precursor chemicals" from companies in India and China for processing into methamphetamine in Mexican "super labs," authorities said. The methamphetamine is eventually sold in the United States.

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1 comment:

Suzie-Q (S-Q) said...

That's a room full of cash! How would you like to have that heap of money? LOLMAO