Agents of the Mexican Army and the National Guard seized 714 thousand 975 pills fentanylapproximately 573 kilograms of methamphetamine and a kilogram of opium gumand also arrested two people in sonorousin the northwest of the country, reported on Tuesday the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena).
In a statement, Sedena indicated that the seizure of drug shipments and the arrests occurred on January 16 as part of the National Public Security Strategy and the Zero Impunity policy of the Mexican Government.
the confiscated
The agency explained that, through intelligence work on drug trafficking in the state, military agents found out about the transfer of a drug shipment that would be carried out aboard a tractor-trailer that came from the city of Tecomanstate Colimaand had as destination Rosaritoin lower california.
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The detainees
Given this, the agents stationed in the municipality of Opodepe, Sonorathey observed a vehicle with the characteristics previously investigated in which two people were transported and, after a review and inspection with gamma rays, they located 577 plastic wrappers.
In the packaging, 714,975 fentanyl pills were found, weighing approximately 77 kilograms; 573,740 doses of methamphetamine, weighing approximately 573 kilograms, and 1,390 doses of opium gum, weighing approximately 1 kilogram.
The vehicle in which the narcotics were transported
The statement indicated that the two detainees and the seized drug were made available to the competent authorities, in order to carry out investigations and expert actions to determine their legal situation and confirm the type and quantity of drugs. .
With information from EFE
