Drugs used to make methamphetamine seized at Charleston port
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Federal agents in South Carolina have seized 35 tons of a chemical used to make methamphetamine at the Port of Charleston and are investigating whether the contraband is tied to a drug operation.
The Drug Enforcement Administration tells local media outlets that the chemical, benzaldehyde, was found in 55-gallon drums at the port August 17.
There was enough of the chemical to fill two 20-foot steel shipping containers. It was enough to make about 60 tons of meth.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The drug was not properly declared through customs and authorities think it was being shipped by drug traffickers.