Police Seize 50 Kilos of Pseudoephedrine from India at Mexico City Airport

Mexico City: Police and Attorney General's Office agents seized 50 kilos of pseudoephedrine, which is used to make illegal stimulants, at the Mexico City airport, officials said.
The illegal substance was found during an inspection of packages at an express company office.
"According to what the labels on both containers said, the pseudoephedrine came from Acapulco, Guerrero, and was headed for the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas," the AG's office and the Public Safety Secretariat said in a joint statement.
Last month, police seized a shipment from India of 7.2 million pseudoephedrine pills at the airport in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara.
The shipment, which weighed 1,500 kilos (1.65 tons), consisted of 24 boxes.
The pills arrived on a commercial cargo flight from Calcutta, the AG's office said.
In May, police seized a shipment of 1 million pseudoephedrine pills from India at the Mexico City international airport.
16/11/08 Latin American Herald Tribune, Venezuela

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