Semar destroys 15 marijuana plantations and one in BC drug laboratory in Sinaloa
Gustavo Castillo
La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, December 21, 2024, p. 8
In actions carried out against the cultivation and production of drugs by personnel of the Mexican Navy Secretariat (Semar), in Baja California they destroyed 15 marijuana plantations in which more than 167 thousand kilograms of the drug were grown, which, According to sources from the security cabinet, they would belong to the Jalisco cartel New Generation (CJNG), and in Sinaloa, dismantled a drug laboratory of the Sinaloa cartel.
Semar reported that Given the increase in the consumption and popularity of various illegal drugs worldwide, the high command of the Mexican Navy instructed naval personnel to establish operations to locate, secure and destroy illicit crops.
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In this context, the marijuana plantations were located in the vicinity of the municipalities of Jala, Ixtlán del Río and Santa María del Oro.
The 15 crops covered an area of approximately 25,700 square meters, in which more than 555,000 plants weighing approximately 166,725 kilos were destroyed.
Likewise, they seized two metal magazines, 58 cartridges, nine magazine holders and a tactical vest with magazine holders, which were placed at the disposal of the Federal Public Ministry.
Meanwhile, in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, the naval forces in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), They located and neutralized a clandestine laboratory where synthetic drugs were processed in the town of Bacata, approximately 230 kilometers south of the eighth naval zone.
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The sailors seized 200 liters of chemical precursors, dual-use substances, 100 kilograms of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), 100 liters of iodine, 100 liters of urea, 100 liters of acetone, as well as drums and drums of various capacities.
