by Allan Wall, Mexico News Report, ©2024
(Nov. 30, 2024) — The media of India has reported activity of Mexico’s Jalisco-based CJNG (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación) in the territory of that Asian country.
On October 30th, The Times of India reported this: “The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said it recently busted a methamphetamine laboratory in Greater Noida and seized 95 kg of the contraband worth several crores. The lab, in Kasana industrial area of Gautam Budh Nagar, was being run by a west Delhi businessman and a Tihar jail warden, with a Mumbai-based chemist ‘cooking’ the drug. If that doesn’t recall the American TV series ‘Breaking Bad’, there’s more. NCB said the lab was linked to an infamous Mexican drug cartel, and one of its members oversaw ‘quality control’ at the lab.”
The businessman and warden had gotten together when the former was incarcerated at the latter’s prison for a previous drug-related offense.
“NCB said this Delhi-based syndicate, which produced synthetic drugs for export and domestic consumption, was linked to Mexico’s ‘CJNG’ cartel…CJNG — Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion — has been looking to expand in South Asia, India in particular, NCB said.“
This is not the first India drug bust with a CJNG connection.
“The latest operation comes eight months after NCB busted another meth lab in Feb and arrested nine people, including three Mexican chemists, or ‘cooks’…The cartel operated across Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Rajasthan, and internationally in Dubai, and counted Indians, Mexicans, Canadians and British citizens among its members.“
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