ICE-HSI, DOD Seize 1,300 Barrels Of China Drug Precursors Bound For Cartels In High-Seas Crackdown

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons says ICE-HSI, with DEA, FBI, CBP and DOD support, intercepted 1,300 barrels carrying roughly 697,000 pounds of methamphetamine precursors from China in international waters near Panama. Officials frame the seizure and a separate U.S. strike on a trafficker boat as part of an FTO-driven campaign targeting cartel supply chains and production infrastructure.