{"id":22928,"date":"2020-07-08T02:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/surge-in-meth-seizures-shows-nyc-turning-into-breaking-bad\/"},"modified":"2020-07-08T02:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T23:46:00","slug":"surge-in-meth-seizures-shows-nyc-turning-into-breaking-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surge-in-meth-seizures-shows-nyc-turning-into-breaking-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"#Surge in meth seizures shows NYC turning into \u2018breaking bad\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Surge in meth seizures shows NYC turning into \u2018breaking bad\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 7, 2020 |<\/span> 7:46pm |<\/span> Updated July 7, 2020 | 8:45pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n New York is breaking bad.<\/p>\n

Federal agents have been seizing an increased amount of methamphetamine in New York City and the surrounding area, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration told The Post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The surge of the illicit stimulant into the Big App<\/a>le comes amid a proliferation of meth labs in Mexico feeding organizations in the Midwest \u2014 and even in the Northeast, acting DEA Administrator Timothy Shea said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is a hideous drug with no treatment, so we have to do everything we can to stop the growth of meth labs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

DEA statistics show 25 kilos of meth were seized in the New York-metro area in June, a 25 percent increase over the 20 kilos seized at the same time last year.<\/p>\n

During an interview at the DEA\u2019s New York Division headquarters in Manhattan\u2019s Chelsea neighborhood, Shea \u2014 who was appointed head of the agency in May \u2014 said he\u2019d just toured the facility\u2019s lab and learned that meth was being discovered in illicit opioid pills.<\/p>\n

The two-drug combination \u2014 a version of which, involving cocaine and heroin, killed \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d comedia<\/a>ns John Belushi and Chris Farley \u2014 is known as a \u201cspeedball,\u201d but it\u2019s unknown if the pills seized by the DEA were being marketed as such, Shea said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMethamphetamine is one of the most profitable drugs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The local meth seizures coincide with a shortage of other street drugs due to the coronavirus crisis with a crackdown on \u201cnon-essential\u201d travel<\/a> between Mexico and the US, Shea said.<\/p>\n

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Timothy J. Shea, new Acting Administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration at the Manhattan DEA office.<\/span>William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a result, he said, smugglers haven\u2019t been able to sneak enough pills and powders across the border to satisfy the appetites of local druggies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was still a demand for the drugs, but because of the limited supply, we saw a price increase,\u201d Shea said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw heroin up by 40 percent, cocaine by 60 to 70 percent, fentanyl and meth 25 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shea acknowledged an exclusive Post report last month about the seizure of $16 million in drug proceeds during April and May, compared to just $5 million the same time period last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw a stockpiling of drugs on the Mexico side and a stockpiling of money \u2014 cash \u2014 on the American side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

And he hailed the charges in Brooklyn federal court this week against the son of reputed Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero.<\/p>\n

An alleged leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Quintero \u2014 known as RCQ \u2014 is accused in the infamous, 1985 kidnapping, torture and murder of DEA Agent Enrique \u201cKiki\u201d Camarena.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s arrest gets us closer to RCQ,\u201d Shea said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is one of our main priorities \u2014 to arrest him and also to arrest anyone who\u2019s helping him.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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