AZMEX UPDATE2 16-8-19

AZMEX UPDATE2 16 AUG 2019


DPS: Troopers seize $600,000 worth of fentanyl pills, heroin during PHX traffic stop
Posted: 1:58 PM, Aug 16, 2019 Updated: 2:49 PM, Aug 16, 2019
By: Joe Enea
Photo by: MCSO

https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/dps-troopers-seize-580-000-in-fentanyl-during-phx-traffic-stop

PHOENIX — DPS troopers seized nearly $600,000 worth of fentanyl pills during Phoenix traffic stop, according to court paperwork.

The Department of Public Safety reports that on August 11 a Silver Chevrolet Malibu
was stopped for a moving violation on I-10 near 40th Street.

The car, driven by Filiberto Felix Esquer, 40, of Navajoa Mexico, was searched by DPS.
Inside an "aftermarket hidden compartment" DPS allegedly found
22 pounds of Fentanyl, 2.5 pounds of black tar heroin and 5 pounds of brown heroin.

Court records show the fentanyl to be worth $580,000, and the heroin was valued at $61,000.

Esquer and his passengers, Jesus Carranza, 18, Jorge Areizaga Gaona, 29 and Manuel Antonio Felix, 19
have all been charged with the illegal transporting of narcotics.

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FGR incinerates almost three tons of drugs
Details Published on Friday, August 16, 2019,
Written by Drafting / El Diario

http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=134265

Hermosillo, Son
The destroyed narcotics are related to 20 cases of investigation for crimes against health in Sonora

The Federal Public Ministry (MPF) of the Attorney General's Office (FGR) in Sonora,
in coordination with personnel of the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA)
and elements of the Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR)
destroyed two tons, 943 kilos, 937 grams, 100 milligrams grams of narcotics in Hermosillo, Sonora.

The incineration event was held at the Radio Monitora station in the City of Hermosillo, Sonora,
where the drugs were destroyed:
one ton, 646 kilos, 718 grams, 800 milligrams of marijuana;
One ton, 264 kilos, 247 grams, 100 milligrams of methamphetamine,
31 kilos, 202 grams, 600 milligrams of marijuana seeds,
One kilo, 768 grams, 600 milligrams of heroin and
33,688 pills of fentanyl.

The destroyed narcotics were related to 20 investigation folders, for crimes against health in their different modalities.

The drug was seized in various operations carried out in the State of Sonora by FGR, SEDENA,
State Public Security Police, Federal Police, Mexican Navy Secretariat (SEMAR),
State Investigative Police and Municipal Police.

The Delegation of the FGR in Sonora instructed the destruction of the enervants
under the supervision of the staff of the Internal Control Body,
which checked the quantity, weight of the drug and proved the legality of the incineration.

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