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The seizure is described as a monumental blow to drug conspiracies reaching into the highest levels of international crime. U.S. attorney Jeanine Pirro emphasized the magnitude of the operation, revealing that 24 large rig trucks were required to transport extracted chemicals from the port to a federal warehouse. These raw materials, often unassuming barrels or containers, are the essential precursors used to manufacture methamphetamine, a drug responsible for thousands of deaths across the United States annually.
Pirro further highlighted the alarming context: the chemicals originated from China, an unreported actor in what she termed China's "undeclared war" against the U.S.