Sinaloa lab dismantled with 100 kilograms of methamphetamine seized
Original reporting: Noticaribe
What happened
Mexican authorities reported dismantling a laboratory in Los Brasiles, Culiacán, seizing about 100 kilograms of methamphetamine and 32 liters of chemicals. Officials estimated losses at 8.8 million pesos but did not specify arrests or identify a criminal group.
Reporting and context
Federal forces dismantled a clandestine drug laboratory in Los Brasiles, in the municipality of Culiacán, Sinaloa, and seized approximately 100 kilograms of methamphetamine, according to Noticaribe, citing Mexico’s federal Security Cabinet.
Navy and Security and Citizen Protection Ministry personnel located the site during an operation coordinated with the federal Attorney General’s Office. Officials described the search as part of efforts to identify facilities used to manufacture synthetic drugs.
Noticaribe reported that personnel also found 32 liters of chemicals, along with materials and equipment allegedly used to process the drug. Authorities said the substances, equipment and accessories were rendered unusable at the site to prevent the laboratory from operating again.
The Security Cabinet estimated that the seizure caused approximately 8.8 million pesos in economic losses to the criminal organizations involved in synthetic drug production. That figure was an official estimate for this operation; the report did not provide a breakdown of how it was calculated.
The cabinet did not specify whether anyone was arrested or identify the criminal group allegedly linked to the laboratory. It also did not disclose the facility’s production capacity or the intended destination of the seized methamphetamine.
The participating agencies said coordinated searches for similar production sites would continue. Noticaribe placed the intervention within federal operations against methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution in Sinaloa and credited Navy information in its report.
Original report: Noticaribe.