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Thursday, December 8, 2022

Red Meth Seized In Arizona, The First Of Its Kind: 'It's A New Way To Market'

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat


Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration say they have seized red meth in Arizona, an emerging trend and the first of its kind seen in the state in years.

The DEA says its bright color is just another way the cartels are trying to market their product. A similar "pink meth" was first found in 2007 but died down.

Now, it's starting to pop up in only a handful of states - the first here in Arizona.

"Red meth is the new trendy color, It's a new way to market, and it's a new way to sell something that is dangerous, deadly and poisonous," said Cheri Oz with the DEA. "It's really just the next way to try to sell to try and generate new customers and a broader, a broader base."

Everything seen in the table pictured above came from one operation. Agents say it came directly from the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, which then brought it up to Arizona.

"The Sinaloa Cartel is a poly drug trafficking organization, which means they traffic in any drug of opportunity," Oz explained. "So in this one load, we see fentanyl, there's MDMA, there's methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. We'll see a lot of different drugs coming up in one load."

Meth and fentanyl make up the top two drugs they seize the most, keeping their agents busy 24/7 with no signs of stopping.

"The price of methamphetamines since the COVID crisis has plummeted. So which means we know that there is a lot more out in the world, which should be alarming," Oz said. "It's saturating the market right now."

Agents also found MDMA, or ecstasy in that seizure. The small pills have smiley faces imprinted on them.

DEA agents say they don't see a lot of it, but it's also dangerous and may look appealing to children.

"Something with a smile seems very safe to take," said Oz. "It is not safe. These pills are dangerous, dangerous and deadly. And for children to put something in their mouth that has a smile on it, that that terrifies me. Those kinds of things keep me up at night."

Officials say they expect to see more red meth throughout the next few weeks. It's a drug that causes serious long term effects. If you see anything suspicious, call police.


Fox 10 Phoenix

43 comments:

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    1. Just in time for Christmas 🎄🎅

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    2. Just one ecstasy tab can cause permanent metal illness of schizophrenia. true fact

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    3. 12:28 sure buddy, maybe if you eat that ecstasy pill haha 😂
      I’m not gonna

      Looks scary are they sure they didn’t put fentanyl in the X pills too!??!

      They will probably add some in to the next batch then if they forgot

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    4. You are stupid, cartels don't purposely put fentanyl in everything.

      If they did they would accidentally kill their customers a lot sooner that they would like.

      All of this fentanyl stuff is from cross contamination from using the same scales or pull presses.

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  2. Curtis Allen Olson

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  3. You guys are about 20 years behind the paisas from Michoacán use to do that because the party scene in San Francisco wanted the colored shards

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    1. Michoacános also invented percs and bitcoin

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    2. The sinaloans invented drug trafficking in Mexico

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    3. 10:51 y también la ignorancia

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    4. Michoacanos also invented rice and beans but they call it morisquetas.🤭

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    5. It's called red phosphorus

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    6. 11:56 red phosphorus leaves red tint in ephedrine cooks.

      This meth is p2p methylamine produced with red dye added at the end When it crystallizes

      Pink meth was high quality 98% + d-methamphetamine crystals… pharmaceutical grade and smooth. A gram will last 3-4 days

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    7. Iron chef of Michoacán

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    8. It was actually invented by an associate of Heisenberg...red chili powder. It kicks like a donkey!

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  4. Guess where the chemicals originated? China!!!!!

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  5. Very Old trick... I used to scrape pots , after they were used to wash pounds of speed...and I used to get purple meth... Red meth... Grey meth... The smokers would be suspicious at first. But once they took a Blast. They were set

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    1. But before... back in the day... We had rules n regulations. I personally would NEVER serve some spaced out clown or any bums. That shyt would burn the spot

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  6. The child scare tactics is the oldest trick in the book. Like the “watch out for drugs in your kids Halloween bag.” I guess you gotta do something to scare soccer moms into supporting and buying a back the blue sticker.. as they pop their pharmaceutical drugs with a glass of wine

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    1. so true, half of the people is scared as hell and the other half trying to get the stuff

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  7. Multi-colored meth has been around for years!! And I'm talking like 30 plus!!

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    1. But but but Raja da article is about Fentanyl and it's color not Meth.
      Raja is that true precursor chemicals come from India?

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    2. Read again 4 eyes red meth not fet

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  8. Did y’all hear about the shooting in Nvo Laredo?

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    1. 12:12 we are talikng about,
      did you blow a hole in your panties?

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    2. Blow hole in panties lol 😆

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  9. It has existed since the early 90s, they had pink, yellow, white ect. Nothing new here.

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    1. Blue Smurf meth in AZ is ancient

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    2. Haha blue smurf. They even had a funky green colored one but it usually was the "chock" type of meth that was colored; then in the very late 90s the clear crystal type came out.

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  10. Order 100 kilos and GET the source.

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  11. I love how they always say it makes drugs appealing towards children and blah blah but let these grown ass men in dresses parade around in front of children ..

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  12. And so Krayola adds a new color- Fentanyl Red

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    1. Red is for firefighters Purple is for police officers Brown is for Cartel Hells Angels and Cyanide Orange is for DEA agents

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  13. It’s time to bring the peanut butter back home please!!

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