LAX police seize 520 pounds of chemicals that can be used for meth

From wire service reports
Posted: 09/01/2011 10:33:24 AM PDT
Updated: 09/01/2011 10:46:51 AM PDT

Inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a huge shipment of chemicals that can be used to manufacture methamphetamine and ecstasy, authorities said today.

The shipment of 520 pounds of methylamine hydrochloride was seized on Aug. 12 at an air cargo consignment facility, and was in eight drums that had arrived from China with a final destination in central Mexico, said Jaime Ruiz of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

"This interception is a fine example of the behind-the-scenes hard work of CBP officers to keep dangerous narcotics and ... chemicals used to manufacture these dangerous drugs from reaching the drug trafficking organizations," said Todd Owen, CBP's Director of Field Operations in Los Angeles.

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