Drug traffickers are using the facilities of AICM and Cancun Airport to send shipments of methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana to Europe and South America.
National Guard officers seized two suitcases containing methamphetamine at Terminal 2 of Cancun International Airport, Quintana Roo. These suitcases were handed over by a citizen who had been “asked” to carry them.
The person who handed over the suitcases informed authorities that a young man approached him and asked him “as a favor” to take his luggage to the check-in area and then left.
The foreign citizen found this behavior suspicious and decided to hand the suitcases over to airport security personnel, who, with the help of a canine unit, found six packages containing a granular substance inside, characteristic of methamphetamine, commonly known as crystal.
A security operation was immediately implemented in the area to try to locate the owner of the suitcases, but he had already left the airport waiting area and could not be detained.
Although the exact weight of the seized drugs was not specified, the National Guard reported that one of the suitcases contained six solid tube-shaped objects wrapped in gray tape, measuring 46 centimeters long and 8 centimeters thick, with narcotics inside.
The suitcases and drugs were handed over to the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Quintana Roo for further investigation.
It is worth noting that Terminal 2 of Cancun International Airport is used for domestic flights, but also has flights to Central America, South America, and Europe. However, the destination of the seized drugs was not specified.
Drug Trafficking Ring Dismantled at AICM
This week, personnel from the Navy (Semar), the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), and the Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC) dismantled a network of traffickers using the facilities of Mexico City International Airport (AICM) to send various drugs hidden in suitcases.
On August 12 and 20, Semar personnel detected suitcases filled with aerosol cans containing marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines. The luggage was destined for Rome, Italy.
In addition to seizing the suitcases, authorities identified and detained four people involved in the drug trafficking business: three women and a man identified as Luis Alberto “N,” the owner of the luggage.
With the name of the alleged perpetrator, authorities raided his residence in the Morelos neighborhood of Venustiano Carranza, finding over 35 liters of liquid methamphetamine, 5,000 methamphetamine pills, and several bags of marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Source: Infobae
