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MEXICO CITY, March 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in Mexico City confiscated more than $200 million in U.S. currency from methamphetamine cookers, calling it the largest seizure of cash ever.
Seven people were arrested Friday, two of them Chinese nationals, in the raid on a faux Mediterranean villa on Lomas de Chapultepec, one of the city's fanciest neighborhoods.
The Los Angeles Times said Saturday those arrested were part of a drug-trafficking organization that imports chemicals from companies in India and China to be made into methamphetamine by Mexican labs; the drugs are then sold in the United States.
Authorities were tipped to the ring last December after the seizure of 19 tons of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the production of meth, at a Mexican port on the Pacific Coast. A Mexican importing company was implicated in the illegal activities.
The cash topped $205 million in mostly $100 bills and weighed more than two tons, the Times said.
Seven people were arrested Friday, two of them Chinese nationals, in the raid on a faux Mediterranean villa on Lomas de Chapultepec, one of the city's fanciest neighborhoods.
The Los Angeles Times said Saturday those arrested were part of a drug-trafficking organization that imports chemicals from companies in India and China to be made into methamphetamine by Mexican labs; the drugs are then sold in the United States.
Authorities were tipped to the ring last December after the seizure of 19 tons of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the production of meth, at a Mexican port on the Pacific Coast. A Mexican importing company was implicated in the illegal activities.
The cash topped $205 million in mostly $100 bills and weighed more than two tons, the Times said.
