The investigation revealed a method used by the Sinaloa cartel to do drug trafficking in Canada

Canadian police announced Wednesday the seizure of 180 kilograms of methamphetamine sent from Mexico by the mighty Sinaloa Cartel, which hid this synthetic drug in Ford's vehicle tires.

This seizure, estimated at 4.5 million Canadian dollars (USD 3.4 million) was carried out by the Ontario Provincial Police and is part of one "ongoing international search", according to Canadian authorities at a press conference.

Traffickers have camouflaged the drug bags inside the tires of Ford cars imported from Mexico by rail, according to the researchers, who said "There is no doubt that the Sinaloa cartel has transferred this medicine to our country. "

The alert was launched in December by a Ford dealership in Ontario (central Canada) who had made this strange discovery on spare wheels that did not match the models of cars with which they had been delivered.

In total, four merchants in this Canadian province received the wrongful shipment, and the Canadian police quickly started pulling the wire until they discovered that the drug was intended to Ontario, a Quebec and one New Brunswick (this)

No arrests have been reported so far. According to the police, the drug had been loaded into cars near the Ford factory in Hermosillo (northwestern Mexico). in a region under the Sinaloa cartel.

"Methamphetamine use increases in Canada (and) we interrupted a major drug smuggling, "said a researcher, indicating that the US manufacturer had collaborated in the investigation.

His boss, famed Mexican drug dealer Joaquín Guzmán, aka "El Chapo", was convicted of ten charges two weeks ago in New York, a US government victory after a spectacular three-month trial.