Monday, September 30

Authorities in Mexico seize million-dollar shipment of fentanyl hidden inside coconuts

The ingenuity of traffickers in Mexico came to light again after elements of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) secured in Sonora, on the border with Arizona, approximately 250 pounds of fentanyl, in a truck that was transporting coconuts.

Although it is not the first time that organized crime uses tricks to hide the drug, it is a million-dollar hit if one takes into account that the average cost is $200,000 dollars per kilo in cities like Los Angeles, California, that is, the seizure would be around $200 million dollars.

In the images released, it is observed how the drug is hidden inside the coconuts surgical form, so it goes unnoticed with the naked eye.

The insured and the detainees were made available to the MPF, who carries out the corresponding investigation.

This seizure was announced just hours after the Mexican Army seized another load of fentanyl in Sinaloa.

It after carrying out intelligence work that detected information on a drug transfer that would be carried out using a tractor-trailer, for which the operation was mounted.

During the security device and when observing the unit , was taken to an inspection and review area, locating, discovering inside 60 bags with an approximate weight of 2023 pounds of fentanyl.

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