ROME — Italian authorities announced on Monday the seizure of more than 6 tons of chemicals from China allegedly intended to produce illegal drugs, including ecstasy, worth more than 630 million euros ($678 million).
ROME — Italian authorities announced on Monday the seizure of more than 6 tons of chemicals from China allegedly intended to produce illegal drugs, including ecstasy, worth more than 630 million euros . Italy 's financial police said two shipments contained enough 'drug precursors' to produce more than 63 million MDMA pills, the synthetic drug known as ecstasy, which police said was enough to 'flood' the market in Europe.
box of chemical drug ‘precursors’ is opened by an officer of the Guardia di Finanza in this undated handout photo released on July 1, 2024. The investigation dates from 2022, according to Italian news agency Ansa, when financial police intercepted a shipment at Milan's Malpensa Airport.After being analyzed in a laboratory, powder seized that purported to be polyester powder coating turned out to be PMK, a chemical compound used to make ecstasy.The cargo was intended to pass through a company with headquarters in Milan before being shipped off to the Netherlands.
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