Mexican government snatch 110,000 fentanyl tablets and arrest 3, together with 1 American by way of NewsFlicks

3 folks, together with an American citizen and a twin nationwide, have been arrested and 110,000 fentanyl tablets have been seized, Mexican government stated Saturday.

The arrests have been performed by way of the Secretariat of Safety and Citizen Coverage and the Lawyer Basic’s Workplace, in coordination with different federal companies, the SSCP stated in a information free up. The Federal Bureau of Investigation additionally took phase within the binational operation, the SSCP stated. 

Data bought by way of the U.S. and Mexico allowed safety brokers to enforce “intelligence paintings and surveillance movements” that led them to the 3 folks. After carrying out flooring patrols in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez, safety brokers recognized two males and a girl touring in a automobile. The 3 fled after they spotted government, the SSCP stated. 

After a temporary chase, the 3 have been stopped. Safety brokers discovered the fentanyl tablets within the automobile. That they had been divided into 10 programs manufactured from transparent plastic. Pictures shared on social media by way of SSCP chief Omar Hamid García Harfuch additionally display 4 IDs and 3 mobile phones. 

All 3 have been arrested and passed over to the custody of the Public Prosecutor’s Workplace, the SSCP stated. The tablets have been additionally positioned into police custody. The 3 folks have no longer been recognized. The lady is American. One of the crucial males is a Mexican-American twin nationwide and has a warrant out within the U.S. for drug dealing, government stated.

The arrests will assist “curb the trafficking of illicit elements and save you medicine from attaining younger folks,” the SSCP stated. 

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has made preventing unlawful drug distribution a concern for her executive. In contemporary months, government within the nation have introduced a number of main fentanyl seizures, together with a 2024 seizure that officers say was once the largest within the nation’s historical past.