More Than 2,000 Liters Of Methamphetamine Seized In Seven Clandestine Laboratories In Sinaloa

 "Ivan" for Borderland Beat 

The Secretary of National Defense secured seven clandestine laboratories for the production of synthetic drugs in the municipalities of Cosalá and Badiraguato in Sinaloa. In a press release, Sedena informed that more than 2,000 liters of methamphetamine were seized in the drug laboratories.

The seizures were made in the vicinity of the towns of El Limón, El Mautal, La Bacata, La Carbonera and Alcoyonqui, as well as in Los Cedritos of the aforementioned municipalities.

In the first laboratory located in El Limón, municipality of Cosalá, 2 thousand liters of a liquid substance with characteristics similar to methamphetamine were seized, distributed in 16 plastic tubs, 35 pewter pots with residues of unknown chemical substances and two organic synthesis reactors with a capacity of 200 liters.

In the laboratory located in El Mautal, municipality of Badiraguato, 710 liters of unknown chemical substances, distributed in 50 plastic drums, a tub and a pot, 200 kilograms of an unknown white chemical substance, 50 kilograms of a mass with characteristics of methamphetamine, 16 gas tanks, 11 organic synthesis reactors, 10 burners, two condensers, two centrifuges and a distiller.

In the laboratory secured in La Bacata, municipality of Cosalá, 400 kilograms of caustic soda, 92 pressure tongs, 17 buckets with residues of unknown substances, 13 drums, 11 condensers, nine 50-liter plastic drums with residues of chemical substances and a boiler.

In La Carbonera and Alcoyonqui, municipality of Cosalá, 25 demijohns, eight metal organic synthesis reactors with a capacity of 200 liters, 147 demijohns with a capacity of 500 liters each, 61 drums with a capacity of 200 liters each, nine plastic tubs and three metal pots.

In Los Cedritos, municipality of Elota, 10 organic synthesis reactors with a capacity of 200 liters, six plastic tubs with a capacity of 200 liters, which were empty, two condensers and a distiller. In Los Cedritos, municipality of Cosalá, 15 carafes and three cans with residues of unknown chemical substances.

Of the seven laboratories seized, the first two had the largest quantity of chemicals seized.

"What was seized was placed at the disposal of the competent authorities, subject to the corresponding expert confirmation, thus preventing this type of substances from being used for the elaboration of synthetic drugs that affect the health and integral development of Mexican youth", it states.

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