15 tonnes of drugs seized in Mexico
- Published: 10/02/2012 at 12:39 PM
- Online news: World
Mexican soldiers made an "historic" drug seizure with the discovery of over 15 tonnes of methamphetamines and other chemicals used to make drugs during a search of a farm in western Mexico, officials said.
A soldier stands guard inside a clandestine chemical drugs processing laboratory discovered in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara. Mexican soldiers made an "historic" drug seizure with the discovery of over 15 tonnes of methamphetamines and other chemicals used to make drugs during a search of a farm in western Mexico, officials said.
The seizure is the biggest in the country's more than five-year war against drug cartels, the Mexican army said.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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