Drug trafficking

Report: China a Major Source of Crystal Meth Shipped Into US

China has become a major source of methamphetamine transported into the United States from Mexico, according to a congressional commission.

“While Mexican cartels produce the majority [around 90 percent] of meth used in the United States, around 80 percent of precursor chemicals used in Mexican meth come from China,” said a report issued Monday by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

“Precursor chemicals are increasingly being shipped from China to Mexico and Central America, where they are manufactured into meth, transported across the southern border of the United States, and brought into southwestern states — Texas, Arizona and California — before being shipped across the country," it said, adding that China has become a major global supplier of crystal meth precursor chemicals.