Inside the trap set by police to catch the Mexican drugs cartel infiltrating the UK with crystal meth
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This is how police officers set a clever trap to catch a Mexican drugs cartel infiltrating the UK with crystal meth. In the latest episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody on Channel 4, viewers were given the inside track on a major police operation that led to the seizure of drugs worth over £1.5 million in Norwich.
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Cameras followed the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, which specialises in tackling serious and organised crime, as they began a covert operation against a Latin American cartel, which they believe were importing huge quantities of drugs into the UK.
![[In the latest episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody on Channel 4 , viewers were given the inside track on a major police operation that led to the seizure of drugs worth over £1.5 million in Norwich]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/23/94057735-14279347-image-a-27_1736811552197.jpg)
Police then seized a package from Colombia at Stansted Airport containing just shy of 1kg of cocaine packed in a boat part, with a wholesale value of £30,000. After finding the drugs hidden in the secret compartment, detectives realised they could potentially break the international crime gang by exploiting their discovery.
![[Cameras followed the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, which specialises in tackling serious and organised crime , as they began a covert operation against a Latin American cartel, which they believe were importing huge quantities of drugs into the UK]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/13/23/94057741-14279347-image-a-30_1736811583555.jpg)
They decided to replace them with dummy drugs and allow the fake cargo to be delivered to their final destination. In nail-biting scenes, surveillance teams watched as the consignment was delivered to a luxury property in Norwich and the order was given to move in to make arrests.
Officers found Mexican national Axel Cruz living in the apartment, who was taken into custody. A search revealed a large quantity of a substance which resembles shards of glass with a strong chemical smell. Forensic analysis then established that the substance was a whopping 11.8 kilos of methyl-amphetamine, otherwise known as crystal meth - a highly addictive drug that can be manufactured synthetically in large quantities.
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