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CBP at LAX Intercepts Meth Chemicals Destined To Mexico
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Los Angeles U.S. Customs and Border Protection unprecedented efforts to disrupt Mexican drug trafficking organizations do not just occur at the land border but at airports and seaports nationwide.
CBP officers at an air cargo consignment facility of Los Angeles International Airport seized eight drums, 520 pounds of methylamine hydrochloride, a known chemical that is used as a precursor to methamphetamine and ecstasy. This amount of methylamine can theoretically produce over 330 pounds of methamphetamine. The shipment arrived from China with a final destination in central Mexico.
CBP officers at an air cargo consignment facility of Los Angeles International Airport seized eight drums, 520 pounds of methylamine hydrochloride a known chemical that is used as a precursor to methamphetamine and ecstasy.
This interception is a fine example of the behind the scenes hard work of CBP officers to keep dangerous narcotics, and precursor chemicals used to manufacturer these dangers drugs, from reaching the drug trafficking organizations, said Todd C. Owen CBP Director of Field Operations in Los Angeles.
On August 12, CBP officers discovered and seized the shipment. Samples of the powder were sent to Laboratories and Scientific Services, CBPs scientific arm. Chemists identified the chemical as methylamine hydrochloride.
Methylamine hydrochloride is a corrosive, flammable, strong odor chemical. In one pathway, it is essential to manufacture methamphetamine and ecstasy. Methylamine hydrochloride is a List 1 controlled substance by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration with many legitimate industrial applications in pesticides, solvents and pharmaceutical products.
Suppliers of these products are subject to regulations and control measures. The Controlled Substances Act establishes parameters and strict rules on the manufacture, importation, use and distribution of controlled substances.
On a typical day in fiscal year 2010, CBP seized 25,209 pounds of drugs nationwide.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Los Angeles U.S. Customs and Border Protection unprecedented efforts to disrupt Mexican drug trafficking organizations do not just occur at the land border but at airports and seaports nationwide.
CBP officers at an air cargo consignment facility of Los Angeles International Airport seized eight drums, 520 pounds of methylamine hydrochloride, a known chemical that is used as a precursor to methamphetamine and ecstasy. This amount of methylamine can theoretically produce over 330 pounds of methamphetamine. The shipment arrived from China with a final destination in central Mexico.
CBP officers at an air cargo consignment facility of Los Angeles International Airport seized eight drums, 520 pounds of methylamine hydrochloride a known chemical that is used as a precursor to methamphetamine and ecstasy.
This interception is a fine example of the behind the scenes hard work of CBP officers to keep dangerous narcotics, and precursor chemicals used to manufacturer these dangers drugs, from reaching the drug trafficking organizations, said Todd C. Owen CBP Director of Field Operations in Los Angeles.
On August 12, CBP officers discovered and seized the shipment. Samples of the powder were sent to Laboratories and Scientific Services, CBPs scientific arm. Chemists identified the chemical as methylamine hydrochloride.
Methylamine hydrochloride is a corrosive, flammable, strong odor chemical. In one pathway, it is essential to manufacture methamphetamine and ecstasy. Methylamine hydrochloride is a List 1 controlled substance by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration with many legitimate industrial applications in pesticides, solvents and pharmaceutical products.
Suppliers of these products are subject to regulations and control measures. The Controlled Substances Act establishes parameters and strict rules on the manufacture, importation, use and distribution of controlled substances.
On a typical day in fiscal year 2010, CBP seized 25,209 pounds of drugs nationwide.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.