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Recent Drug Seizures Pass $8 Million.

Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM)

| December 13, 2001 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Guillermo Contreras Journal Staff Writer

Traffic Rebounds After 9/11 Lull

Seizures this week of quantities of methamphetamine and the party drug Ecstasy with a total street value of more than $2 million capped a round of post-Thanksgiving law enforcement drug sweeps in New Mexico, according to federal court records.

Authorities cite the seizures as indications of large shipments of drugs crisscrossing the state after heightened security along the U.S.-Mexico border following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks led to a lull in drug trafficking.

Since the Thanksgiving holiday, law officers in New Mexico have seized 8 kilograms of …

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