{"id":17702,"date":"2020-10-15T13:54:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T17:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=17702"},"modified":"2020-10-15T13:54:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T17:54:34","slug":"record-breaking-meth-haul-made-in-california-says-dea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/10\/15\/record-breaking-meth-haul-made-in-california-says-dea\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking meth haul made in California, says DEA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have seized their largest-ever domestic haul of methamphetamine – more than 1,000kg (2,200 pounds).<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The drugs were found during raids just outside of Los Angeles this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Another federal agency intercepted an even larger amount of meth at a San Diego port the week before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The two hauls are “enough to provide a dose of meth, for every man, woman, and child in the United States and Mexico”, a DEA chief said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Timothy Shea, the acting agency administrator, told a press conference that the latest seizure came from two apparent stash houses in the Moreno Valley and Perris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Officials also found 400kg of cocaine. They said the drugs had been stuffed inside dozens of duffel bags, which were ready for distribution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the prior raid, US Customs and Border Protection officials – acting on information from the DEA – recovered almost 1,400kg of meth at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego. They also discovered heroin, fentanyl powder and pills laced with fentanyl – all disguised in a lorry delivering medical supplies from Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Californian cities and their environs are used as distribution hubs, because of their road and airport connections, which are then used to send the imports nationwide in smaller amounts.<\/p>\n

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Bill Bodner, DEA special agent in charge of the Los Angeles division, said the suspects at the Perris stash house are likely to be closely connected to major cartels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Someone who’s responsible for this quantity of drugs is someone who is very, very trusted by the cartels,” he said. “A low-level operative would not be trusted to hold $18m [\u00a314m] of drugs in a house. It just wouldn’t happen. So these are high-level individuals.”<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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