Press release. In Tamaulipas, two suspects arrested transporting more than 700 kilos of methamphetamine hidden in boxes of tostadas

Federal Attorney General’s Office, National Guard, and ministries of Defense, the Navy, and Security and Citizen Protection personnel participated in the operation.
The drug was transported in 389 packages

Within the framework of the National Security Strategy, in an operation led by personnel from the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) of the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR), together with the Ministry of National Defense (Defensa), the Ministry of the Navy (Semar), the National Guard (GN) and the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), two suspects were arrested in Tamaulipas while transporting 389 hidden packages of methamphetamine.

The security agents, while performing random inspections at checkpoint “Y” in San Fernando, searched a tractor-trailer coupled to a dry box transporting nopal and chia tostadas, where they found 389 black packages containing approximately 700.20 kilos of methamphetamine.

The two suspects were informed of the reason for their arrest, and their constitutional rights were read to them, and together with the drugs and the seized vehicle, they were handed over to the corresponding Public Prosecutor’s Office, which will determine their legal situation and will prepare the investigative file for the case.

With these operations, the institutions of the Security Cabinet reaffirm their commitment to work in coordinated fashion to prevent drugs from getting into the hands of young people.