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The chemicals arrived at the port in a container without the corresponding permits.
SUNDAY 29 DECEMBER 2024
Elizabeth Ibal
The Secretariat of the Navy announced the seizure of 25 tons of precursor chemicals that were presumably used for the manufacture of drugs such as fentanyl.
The precursors were found inside a container that arrived at the port without the proper permits.
It was at the maritime customs where the precursor cargo was detected. After a review, the necessary documents to prove their legal entry into the country were not obtained.
In total, the precursors weighed 25,080 kilograms of different chemicals.
There was suspicion that they could be used for illicit purposes and they were seized by the navy, but no one was arrested.
After the seizure, the Attorney General’s Office of that entity started an investigation to find the whereabouts of the people who would be the owners of the chemicals.