Mica for cartelinsider.com
In an operation carried out in San Luis Potosi, elements of the National Guard seized a shipment of more than 38 kilograms of drugs hidden in three cardboard boxes, which were in the process of being sent by parcel service to the states of Michoacán, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas.
The operation took place inside the facilities of a courier company at the Ponciano Arriaga International Airport, where actions are carried out to search for illegal devices and substances with the support of a canine team.
It was precisely when the officers brought the dog closer to one of the boxes that they detected an unusual attitude, so they proceeded to examine the boxes with X-rays, finding 20 packages inside the first one weighing 13.5 kilograms of an organic substance with the characteristics of marijuana, which they intended to send to the city of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.
In the second box, they discovered three packages addressed to La Piedad, Michoacán, with a total weight of over 19 kilograms; in the last box destined for Zacatecas, Zacatecas, they found 10 packages weighing over 5 and a half kilograms. After the discovery, the alleged drugs were seized and delivered to the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in the region, where further investigations will continue.
It is not the first time that organized crime uses courier companies to send drugs to different states in the country, and by far the largest cargo seized in this modality is from (SLP).
At the end of December of last year, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic (FGR) stopped the shipment of 580 kilograms of marijuana that was to be sent to Cancun and Mexico City through a packaging company located on the Chapala highway in Jalisco. There were no arrests.
A month earlier, also in Jalisco, in response to an anonymous tip, a canine team detected a shipment of 58 kilograms and 764 grams of a granulated substance with the characteristics of crystal in a parcel company. Additionally, 42 grams of marijuana, five grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms, 261 grams of THC, and 241 pieces of electronic devices containing THC were found. There were also no arrests made.
In October 2023, the National Guard stopped a shipment of 20 packages of marijuana that was in the warehouses of a package delivery company located in downtown Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The authorities did not report the exact weight of the cargo, the business name of the company, or if there were any arrests.
In the middle of last year, Cuitláhuac García, governor of Veracruz, pointed out Estafeta company for their low security measures after 30 kilograms of marijuana, vaping devices and various doses of LSD were found already packaged to be sent to municipalities in the northern part of the state.
Cuitláhuac García stated that in the first five months of 2023, state authorities implemented five successful operations in the facilities of the company located in the municipalities of Tuxpan, Papantla, Coatzintla, Tihuatlán, and Poza Rica.
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