May 15, 2022 || In El Salvador, police seized 50 kilograms of cocaine during a raid on a drug lab

[HEISENBERG]

While investigating a criminal organization, police received information about suspicious activity at a house in the Santa Cruz area. The location was determined after exchanging data with teams from the Nordeste de Amaralina police station.

Thus, on May 15, civilian police officers raided a house in the Santa Cruz neighborhood of El Salvador and dismantled a laboratory used for processing cocaine. In addition, law enforcement officers seized 50 kilograms of the drug, valued at $1.5 million. No arrests were reported by police.

They also found a hydraulic press, two white drums of chemicals, a blender, stickers, plastic containers and other accessories used in the production of the drug.

All seized material will be turned over to the Tech Police Department. At this time, the investigation is continuing in order to locate and arrest those involved in the production of the drug.

Source: https://g1.globo.com/ba/bahia/notic...do-para-o-trafico-de-drogas-em-salvador.ghtml

 

[banister]

Wow what a mess.

 

[woohoo]

How cocaine is made?
Its just alkaloid extraction, or some labs works with tropane derivates?
I'm interested in synthetic cocaine, how to purify exact isomer?
Synthetic cocaine is real or not?
Can cartels behead me if i'll do that?

 

[HIGGS BOSSON]

Synthetic cocaine is very difficult to synthesize. It is best replaced by mephedrone.

 

[Marocamora]

Please, does mephedrone have a tongue anesthetic property like cocaine?

 

[Osmosis Vanderwaal]

Synthetic cocaine is real and in circulation I'd estimate it to represent perhaps ¼-
½% of the world wide supply. Ive seen it on Drugs-data.org 2-3 times in 5 years of data. It is easily identified by ms/gc because it lacks the biological precursors usually found in cocaine. There are 10 synthesis routes on Google scholar but I think several of them produce inactive enantiomers, A person has to look very very hard to even recognize the active configuration