MEXICO CITY -- In the largest cash seizure in Mexican history, authorities confiscated $206 million in U.S. currency from a band of methamphetamine producers headquartered in a ritzy neighborhood here, officials said today. Two of the seven people arrested at the home were Chinese, and authorities said the bust hinted at the vast scope of an illegal drug trade that links Mexico to Asia. Authorities said the arrests came after an investigation that began in December, when authorities seized 20 tons of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the production of methamphetamines, at the Mexican Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas. Mexican drug trafficking organizations have become increasing important in the wholesale and retail trade in methamphetamines in the United States because American authorities have placed tougher controls on the sale of the chemicals used to produce the highly addictive drug. Mexico's attorney general's office said the December seizure in Lazaro Cardenas led authorities to a chemical company, Unimed Pharm Chem, based in the city of Toluca, about 50 miles west of Mexico City. "The resulting investigation showed that this company illegally imported pseudoephedrine acetate from India," the attorney general's office said in a statement. "These chemicals are used to illegally produce methamphetamines." Mexican police raided the home Thursday in Lomas de Chapultepec, a neighborhood home to some of this city's wealthiest residents and to many members of the diplomatic corps. Officials said they worked past midnight to count the bills, which were hidden inside walls, suitcases and closets. cash seized was mostly in U.S. $100 bills and weighed at least 4,500 pounds. It was five times the amount seized in all of 2006 by Mexican authorities in anti-narcotic and money laundering operations And my question is.. when such large drug busts occur, where does this money go??
what do you think i just make shit up?? lol $206 million in meth money seized in Mexico - Los Angeles Times
That is one very huge pile of cash....just think, not much more than a photo will exist of it after a few days.
Nope, just someone who just looked at the pretty picture, skipped the article, and posted assuming it was marijuana money.
yea also embarrasing to see how much money and lives are taken by this drug from our people of this nation.
Let the people do what they want. it's more sad to see all of the money wasted on 'The War on Drugs'.
and how these meth heads get their money is the root of most crimes.. i guess you just want to ignore that right? were talking about meth here, not cocaine, not marijuana.. im all against the war on drugs(marijuana) but meth can go elsewhere
Speaking from experience....that shit (meth) is pure evil stuff. At first it promisses you the world, then it takes away the sky. By the time you realize you may be at risk for addiction to the stuff...it's too late. Not all who try the stuff become addicted to it, but a high percentage do. Fighting a "war on drugs" isn't going to do anything to stop the horror. The use of the drug is a symptom of a deeper underlying problem. What does one do, when you've been at odds with yourself all your life, and a drug/substance comes along that makes you feel like everyone else looks to you, and all of a sudden, with one dose, you feel like you "fit in" finally. Like I said, the drug is not the problem.
Looks like the money will probably end up back in the drug trade, according to this: BBC NEWS | Americas | Mexican drug raid targets police
I agree, Mista. What I'm saying is, it should be legal, and there should be help for addicts, not jail time. Creating a black market just hurts everyone but the dealers.
The government should keep the checking points at Airports,Railway stations and other public areas.They have to keep an intelligence bureau better to serve people .Many of the people are killed by this. ================================================== shiny New Mexico Drug Addiction
