Meth floods across US-Mexico border during coronavirus pandemicNOGALES, Ariz. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are noticing an alarming trend in the illegal drug trade: Methamphetamine is flooding across the border at an all-time high, and officers say the coronavirus pandemic has affected its prevalence and price tag.
“They’re in business to make money, so [the cartels] are still looking for every possible way to get narcotics across,†Tucson field office Director of Field Operations Guadalupe Ramirez Jr. said.
While battling the coronavirus pandemic, Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they’ve been working nonstop to intercept illegal drug activity at the U.S.-Mexico border. In Tucson, Ariz., officers said they’ve seen a recent spike in meth and fentanyl at the southern border.
“We’re actually the smallest field office but we’re normally number two or three when it comes to narcotics seizures,†Ramirez said. “Where other locations have seen meth really go up, we’ve seen fentanyl go up here, but we’re still, out of the four southwest border field offices, we’re still number three in meth seizures. So, they’re still very high.â€............
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