1 August 2011 Last updated at 22:40 ET

Mexican police seize 'meth maker' Nery Salgado Harrison

Harrison was arrested with drugs and weapons, police say

Mexican police have arrested a man described as a senior drug figure in the west-coast state of Michoacan.

Nery Salgado Harrison, 24, is accused of overseeing the production of methamphetamines in the state for a drug cartel calling itself the Knights Templar.

The group is active in central and southern part of Mexico.

The Knights Templar and a rival gang, La Familia, have been fighting for control of meth labs in the region.

Mr Harrison was arrested in the city of Apatzingan in Michoacan, with weapons, drugs, and communications equipment, police say.

Some 40,000 people have died in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderon began deploying troops to fight the cartels in late 2006.

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