Culiacan, Sinaloa.- Cocaine, opium, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl were the drugs incinerated yesterday morning at a shooting range south of the city. The amount of drug came to more than 2.5 tonnes, and the narcotic was seized by the three levels of government in the last two months in Sinaloa. The event was held simultaneously along with 20 other states.
Development
In point of review, in the mountain ousting area, as well as the city, is where operational surprises have been made to secure drugs before it is marketed by the posters. It was yesterday that the Office of the Attorney General carried out the destruction of 2 tonnes 542 kilograms of drugs.
The drug was piled on top of a few pallets. Photo: Luis Gerardo Magaña / El Debate
General Maximiliano Cruz Ramos, commander of the Ninth Military Zone, at the touch of a button, activated the burning that lasted for more than an hour. Culiacan firefighters, and civil protection agents in the state, were on the lookout for no incident. Subsequently, Víctor Manuel Martínez, delegate of the Attorney General’s Office in the state, assured that this event will be held every two months. He also disclosed that insurance is specifically so that the drug does not reach society. He said of the 20 states, the one that shot narcotics the most was Baja California, but Sinaloa was ranked in the top three with the most assurance. On the other hand, Víctor Manuel Martínez disclosed that the members have had recently confiscates in parcels, so there is a close cooperation with these businesses.
Maximiliano Cruz, commander of the Ninth Military Zone, begins the burning by crushing a button. Photo: Luis Gerardo Magaña / El Debate
Fentanyl
Among what was destroyed was the novel fentanylo drug, so the delegate added that Sinaloa is the only state in the republic in which fentanylo laboratories have been secured with detainees. It is a new drug and pontecializer, so training is being carried out in the elements for the care of it. He stressed that the state is the pioneer in dismantling laboratories to manufacture the narcotic, which are where detainees have been secured. Burning
The drug was sprayed with fuel to start burning, and for everything to be incinerated, it was stirred with chains and a steel pipe.
The total
Sixty tons of narcotics were incinerated in the 21 states of the Republic, according to a national release sent by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic. This amount of drug is related to 1,175 files, including previous inquiries, investigation folders and criminal cases.
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