“Char” for Borderland Beat
This article was translated and reposted from NOROESTE
Mexican Navy personnel, in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office, locate and dismantle eight clandestine laboratories in the state of Sinaloa.
MAY 7, 2024
The Secretary of the Navy, through the Mexican Navy, informed that in recent days, naval personnel in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office located and neutralized eight clandestine laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs, in two different actions, in towns in the state of Sinaloa.
In the first event, seven laboratories were located and dismantled in the towns of “La pluma de la Gallina”, “El Bledal”, “Carricitos” and in the vicinity of the “José López Portillo” dam, located in the municipalities of Culiacán, Tamazula and Cosalá, Sinaloa, with approximately six tons of methamphetamine, 12,750 liters of essential chemicals, two tons of chemical precursors, three reactors of different capacities, as well as diverse material for the elaboration of this synthetic drug.
In a second action, a clandestine laboratory in the town of “El Tecomate”, in the municipality of Culiacán, was destroyed and dismantled, with approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, 6,050 liters of essential chemicals, one ton of chemical precursors, five reactors, eight distillers, two mixers, as well as diverse material for the elaboration of said drug.
These clandestine laboratories were dismantled and destroyed on site, resulting in a loss of millions of dollars to organized crime.
The Secretary of the Navy, through the Mexican Navy, stated that in this way it contributes to the joint efforts to combat criminal behavior, both in the establishment of clandestine laboratories and in the production of synthetic drugs in our country, thus weakening the production and distribution of drugs by criminal groups.