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Operation Xcellerator
Operation Xcellerator was an operation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, with cooperation from Mexican and Canadian authorities, against Sinaloa Cartel drug traffickers. In February 2009, after a 21-month operation, it totalled 755 suspects arrested across California, Minnesota, and Maryland. In addition to the arrests of alleged drug traffickers, US$59.1 million in cash, over 12000 kg of cocaine, 16000 lb of marijuana, 1200 lb of methamphetamine, 8 kg of heroin, 1.3 million ecstasy pills, 149 vehicles, 3 aircraft, 3 maritime vessels and 169 weapons were seized. A large-scale meth laboratory was also uncovered, as was an ecstasy lab capable of producing 12,000 pills per hour.
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