Tabasco Truck Search Yields 1.9 Tons of Drugs
By Cartel Insider Wire Desk · Edited by Mica Treviño
Original reporting: El Financiero
What happened
El Financiero, citing Mexico's Security Cabinet, reported that federal agents found 1,822 kilograms of marijuana and 81 kilograms of methamphetamine in packages labeled as coconut candy and detained the truck driver.
Reporting and context
Federal agents stopped a truck on a road in Huimanguillo, Tabasco, after odd weights in packs marked as coconut candy, El Financiero said. The driver was held and told of their rights. No name was given at the time of publication.
The cabinet said the load held 1,822 kilos of marijuana and 81 kilos of meth, 1,903 kilos in all. It put the loss to organized crime at over 25 million pesos, an official estimate. The source said other news reports placed the drugs in 181 boxes of marijuana and six of meth.
The FGR and AIC led the raid with the Defense Ministry, Navy, National Guard and SSPC, the source said. The driver and load went to the Public Ministry, which will decide legal status and pursue the case. The source named no charge or court ruling. It gave no lab record for the reported drug kind or weight.