Mexican troopers discover 1.8 million fentanyl capsules in Tijuana
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Defense Department mentioned Tuesday that troopers discovered over 1.83 million fentanyl capsules at a stash home within the border metropolis of Tijuana.
The division mentioned in a press release that troopers staked out the home Sunday after authorities obtained a tip that the positioning was getting used for drug trafficking.
After acquiring a search warrant, troopers discovered the practically 2 million artificial opioid capsules and 880 kilos (400 kilograms) of meth on the home, the assertion mentioned. No arrests had been made.
Mexican cartels have used the border metropolis to press fentanyl into counterfiet capsules. They then smuggle these capsules into the United States.
The raid produced one of many largest seizures of fentanyl in Mexico in current months and got here solely sooner or later earlier than President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed that fentanyl isn’t made in Mexico. He made that assertion in feedback arguing that fentanyl is the United States’ downside, not Mexico’s.