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| Colima: 200 Tons of Crystal Precursor Seized |
| 2010-08-05 |
| Google Translate. For a map, click here. Hat tip to El Blog del terror for the additional information. The Mexican Navy 6th Naval Zone seized 203 tons of chemical precursor in the port city of Manzanillo, Colima, Tuesday according to Mexican press reports. The seizure is the largest in Mexican history and comes less than a week after the "King of Crystal" Sinaloa Cartel capo Ignacio Coronel was killed by Mexican Army troops in Jalisco. No arrests have been reported so far in the case. The chemicals were aboard a ship and had been admitted illegally into the country. The shipments were in 16 shipping containers aboard 13 vessels which came from China, Japan and Korea. Chemicals were in 970 drums of 200 pounds each and more than 300 bags of 300 kilograms each |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #10 Cool. I might stand corrected here. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-05 22:39 |
| #9 I live in Missouri and have noticed that there are MANY fewer events over the past year where some dingdong has brewed up some sort of crank in their bathtub and blown up their house. The local constraints on the sale of cold medicine have made buying cheap Mexican drugs more appealing to whacked out losers than making their own. This has protected untold numbers of children, firefighters and policeman from exposure to hazardous situations. I say this is great. Stopping whacked out losers from using drugs is a fools errand. Stopping whacked out losers from messing about with toxic chemicals and explosives is the work of angels. |
| Posted by: rammer 2010-08-05 22:10 |
| #8 The little box of generic decongestant that I had to give my name, address and show photo id to buy contained 720 milligrams of pseudoephedrine HCl But have you noticed how meth production has plummeted since they put that regulation in place? Didn't think so. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-05 20:49 |
| #7 200 tons? The little box of generic decongestant that I had to give my name, address and show photo id to buy contained 720 milligrams of pseudoephedrine HCl. Yeah, less than a gram. Compared to that, 200 tons is, let's see... divide by...carry the one...it's a whole *bleep*ing *bleep*load. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-08-05 12:05 |
| #6 That's a ton of information. :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-05 10:43 |
| #5 Is 200 tons a lot? One ton is equivalent to: One megagram (exactly) 1000.â0.45359237 pounds 2205 lb (to four significant digits) 98.42% of a long ton One long ton (2,240 lb) is 101.605% of a tonne 110.23% of a short ton One short ton (2,000 lb) is 90.72% of a tonne |
| Posted by: Willy 2010-08-05 09:45 |
| #4 Price increases. Crime Increases to pay for it. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-08-05 05:54 |
| #3 Is 200 tons a lot? That's a lot, isn't it? :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-05 04:40 |
| #2 China? And the % of lead is? |
| Posted by: Spearong Prince of the Bunions9034 2010-08-05 01:26 |
| #1 Meanwhile, I can't buy cough medicine without ID. Asinine. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2010-08-05 00:03 |
