Border agents at Los Angeles International Airport intercepted a 1 1/2-ton shipment of chemicals used to make methamphetamine, officials said Thursday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 40 drums containing 2,200 pounds of methylamine hydrochloride and two barrels with 880 pounds of ethyl phenyl acetate -- both used as precursors to methamphetamine and ecstasy.
The shipment, discovered Sept. 29 at an air cargo consignment facility, came from a Chinese company bound for Illinois. Officials declined to name the companies involved.
Customs and Border Protection spokesman Jaime Ruiz said the shipment had been red-flagged before it arrived in Los Angeles.
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