Rodro
Mar. 16, 2007. 09:02 PM
Source:
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-meth17ma...viewed-homepageQUOTE
MEXICO CITY -- In the largest cash seizure in Mexican history, authorities confiscated $206 million in U.S. currency from a band of methamphetamine producers headquartered in a ritzy neighborhood here, officials said today.
Two of the seven people arrested at the home were Chinese, and authorities said the bust hinted at the vast scope of an illegal drug trade that links Mexico to Asia.
Authorities said the arrests came after an investigation that began in December, when authorities seized 20 tons of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the production of methamphetamines, at the Mexican Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas.
Mexican drug trafficking organizations have become increasing important in the wholesale and retail trade in methamphetamines in the United States because American authorities have placed tougher controls on the sale of the chemicals used to produce the highly addictive drug.
Mexico's attorney general's office said the December seizure in Lazaro Cardenas led authorities to a chemical company, Unimed Pharm Chem, based in the city of Toluca, about 50 miles west of Mexico City.
"The resulting investigation showed that this company illegally imported pseudoephedrine acetate from India," the attorney general's office said in a statement. "These chemicals are used to illegally produce methamphetamines."
Mexican police raided the home Thursday in Lomas de Chapultepec, a neighborhood home to some of this city's wealthiest residents and to many members of the diplomatic corps.
Officials said they worked past midnight to count the bills, which were hidden inside walls, suitcases and closets.
The cash seized was mostly in U.S. $100 bills and weighed at least 4,500 pounds. It was five times the amount seized in all of 2006 by Mexican authorities in anti-narcotic and money laundering operations.
Here are some of the pics:
That's a Huge Load of Money if you ask me. I got a friend who lives pretty close to that house, no one would ever have guessed that there was a huge stash of moneyt in there.
That should be more than enough tu buy a lot of time with Casey.
ungrantedxwish
Mar. 16, 2007. 09:03 PM
Damn.
I'm moving to Mexico to sell some meth, srsly.
gina
Mar. 16, 2007. 09:05 PM
OMG. that is a shitload of money!!!!
the smoshettes
Mar. 16, 2007. 09:05 PM
holy crap.
thats a lot of cash, bro.
QUOTE(ungrantedxwish @ Mar. 17, 2007. 01:03 AM) [snapback]236910[/snapback]
Damn.
I'm moving to Mexico to sell some meth, srsly.
agreed x10
Camisado<3
Mar. 16, 2007. 09:11 PM
Holy shit!! That's so much money!
QUOTE(the smoshettes @ Mar. 16, 2007. 09:05 PM) [snapback]236914[/snapback]
holy crap.
thats a lot of cash, bro.
QUOTE(ungrantedxwish @ Mar. 17, 2007. 01:03 AM) [snapback]236910[/snapback]
Damn.
I'm moving to Mexico to sell some meth, srsly.
agreed x10
agreed x1000 Haha I'll join you guys.
R K O
Mar. 16, 2007. 09:12 PM
Holy shit. I need some meth to sell.
zackxgray
Mar. 16, 2007. 10:03 PM
omfg.
makes me want to go some meth to some mexicans.
Léonne.
Mar. 17, 2007. 05:23 AM
Yeah I heard it on the news!
Omfg too bad that money is going to waste.
fredman555
Mar. 17, 2007. 09:28 AM
look at all that money. i can buy a 360 with it!
*drools*
iloveacting77
Mar. 17, 2007. 09:31 AM
i'm starting a new profession in the meth buisness. wow lots of money
<(^_^,)>
Mar. 17, 2007. 09:34 AM
$206 million =0
-N-
Mar. 23, 2007. 04:57 AM
fuck! I knew I shouldn't hide it in there!!
What_in_tarnation?
Mar. 23, 2007. 04:59 AM
i could live in there! Hehe im buying it as a house!
##pirategirl##
Mar. 23, 2007. 05:04 AM
guess you'll be leaving smosh then, rodro?
Mattymonkey
Mar. 23, 2007. 05:11 AM
That is insane....feeling generous?
9:46 :)
Mar. 23, 2007. 10:14 AM
Im tottaly for that lol. Lets all go to mexico and sell meth and make a big pile of money lol and if one of us is caught theres like 10 more
but ya i saw it on the news thats just insane
Rodro
Mar. 23, 2007. 10:38 AM
QUOTE(##pirategirl## @ Mar. 23, 2007. 07:04 AM) [snapback]247546[/snapback]
guess you'll be leaving smosh then, rodro?
I cant deliver your ponies by UPS. So I guess I'll have to pack it up in my baggage and visit ya.
Oh oh and I've seen that house before, its soooo big.
And the only ones arrested were some chinese guys. D:
Flawless By Design
Mar. 23, 2007. 06:08 PM
I swear I ran into some dirty cops while they were doing business in Cozumel, Mexico. There were just two of them, and they were with a man in a business suit. In the middle of nowhere, outside this sketchy looking shack.
Chris AwesomeFace Awesome
Mar. 23, 2007. 06:16 PM
Damn... There goes my wicked stash...
I bet my Greedy fat ass uncle took a good change of that though haha...
mikeshox
Mar. 23, 2007. 06:20 PM
Boxiom has the same amount of cash by sellin drugs...
but he loses all that money buyin drugs
Frivolous248
Mar. 23, 2007. 06:43 PM
Pfft, fuck meth.
Coke is where its at.
Better yet, heroin has more profit in it.
Coke is way more easy to slang though, mad people do coke. A lot more than meth I bet. Theres also HELLA money in smuggling coke, ain't no one seen "Blow"?
Speakin' of which, fuck this "206 million" seizure of money.
Some bitches got caught with 19.4 tonnes of coke, now thats impressive.
http://hightimes.com/ht/news/content.php?bid=528&aid=3 Thats like $380mil at 20k per key. I'm pretty sure keys go for more than that though. 60k sounds more accurate...
9:46 :)
Mar. 23, 2007. 08:00 PM
holy crap. Statistics lol and your probably coke is hwere its at.
DeathByLove
Mar. 23, 2007. 08:01 PM
lol why dont they share!!!
nba185
Mar. 23, 2007. 10:06 PM
omfg. thats a lot!!! Why didn't they spend it or donate it. fools.
Eternal
Mar. 23, 2007. 11:43 PM
HOLY SHIT that's alot of money right there!!!
rodro you should totally sneak into that house and take a few thousands.
I'm sure nobody will notice.
-smosh-fan-
Apr. 2, 2007. 11:52 AM
HOLY CRAP!!!!
Thats a lot of money...
toreen
Apr. 2, 2007. 03:08 PM
wonder where all the money's going to...
-smosh-fan-
Apr. 3, 2007. 05:06 AM
QUOTE(toreen @ Apr. 3, 2007. 01:08 AM) [snapback]267083[/snapback]
wonder where all the money's going to...
Back to the owners, maybe???
Gerian
Apr. 29, 2007. 03:25 AM
QUOTE(-smosh-fan- @ Apr. 3, 2007. 01:06 PM) [snapback]267846[/snapback]
QUOTE(toreen @ Apr. 3, 2007. 01:08 AM) [snapback]267083[/snapback]
wonder where all the money's going to...
Back to the owners, maybe???
I don't think so.
BriTiSh~
Mar. 29, 2008. 07:35 PM
That's in mexico.
sydney hoon
Mar. 29, 2008. 07:39 PM
QUOTE(Frivolous248 @ Mar. 24, 2007. 01:42 PM) [snapback]248548[/snapback]
Coke is way more easy to slang though
meth is also called ice
nancyfernandez
Sep. 11, 2008. 05:45 AM
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boxx0r
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:22 AM
QUOTE(nancyfernandez @ Sep. 11, 2008. 09:45 AM) [snapback]1208913[/snapback]
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{bryony}
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:30 AM
QUOTE(ungrantedxwish @ Mar. 17, 2007. 06:03 AM) [snapback]236910[/snapback]
Damn.
I'm moving to Mexico to sell some meth, srsly.
ohgodohgodohgod
somuchmoney
Sock_Puppet
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:32 AM
DRUG DEALERS GOT FUCKED IN THE ASS.
mydadwasahobo
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:33 AM
Holy crap! Those silencers are huge!
WandDrummer
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:38 AM
If I had $206 million...
I would exchange it for some english money
Duh
Sock_Puppet
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:40 AM
QUOTE(WandDrummer @ Sep. 11, 2008. 05:38 PM) [snapback]1208966[/snapback]
If I had $206 million...
I would exchange it for some english money
Duh
That's like only like £103mil
mydadwasahobo
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:42 AM
Lol, only.
Sock_Puppet
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:42 AM
QUOTE(mydadwasahobo @ Sep. 11, 2008. 05:42 PM) [snapback]1208969[/snapback]
Lol, only.
£103 is nothing nowadays =D
smoshisprettycool
Sep. 11, 2008. 08:49 AM
QUOTE(toreen @ Apr. 2, 2007. 07:08 PM) [snapback]267083[/snapback]
wonder where all the money's going to...
ME, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS.
Or so I wish.
Rodro
Sep. 11, 2008. 01:50 PM
QUOTE(boxx0r @ Sep. 11, 2008. 11:22 AM) [snapback]1208952[/snapback]
QUOTE(nancyfernandez @ Sep. 11, 2008. 09:45 AM) [snapback]1208913[/snapback]
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Yet, it speaks nothing but the truth ;D
QUOTE({bryony} @ Sep. 11, 2008. 11:30 AM) [snapback]1208959[/snapback]
QUOTE(ungrantedxwish @ Mar. 17, 2007. 06:03 AM) [snapback]236910[/snapback]
Damn.
I'm moving to Mexico to sell some meth, srsly.
ohgodohgodohgod
somuchmoney
BANNT FROM MY COUNTRY >: O
QUOTE(toreen @ Apr. 2, 2007. 07:08 PM) [snapback]267083[/snapback]
wonder where all the money's going to...
It was split in 3 parts, to improve all the anti-drugs plan.
In other words, it was split into 3 people's pockets
.
{bryony}
Sep. 11, 2008. 02:00 PM
Ugh I hate millionaires who aren't me or aren't going to contribute a certain percentage of those millions towards my general wealthiness.
oneandonly
Sep. 11, 2008. 02:09 PM
Sorry guys that was me dealing the meth dang cops took my 206Mil ):
I wudda shared
tetris
Sep. 11, 2008. 02:34 PM
Jesus fucking christ
mauricio123
Sep. 11, 2008. 03:56 PM
This was like.... 1 year ago i don't remember right now
And i don't know WTF they did with the money but i think they spend it in police equipment
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