Tons of Liquid Meth Smuggled in Tequila Bottles Seized at Mexican Port
- Mexican Navy intercepted 11,520 tequila bottles containing nearly 10 tons of concentrated liquid meth at Manzanillo port.
- The discovery included approximately 8,640 kilograms (about 19,000 pounds) of meth.
- Mexico is the world's only producer of authentic tequila, and the bottles were falsely labeled as tequila.
- Ingesting the mixture would have been extremely dangerous.
- Drug smugglers in Mexico frequently conceal liquid meth in smuggling operations.