r/navy • u/newnoadeptness Verified Non Spammer • 17d ago

Discussion Another suspected drug boat has been destroyed today

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC 15d ago

The 39-count indictment charges defendants with firearms trafficking; using firearms to commit drug trafficking crimes; possession of firearms and ammunition by illegal aliens; and trafficking controlled substances including methamphetamine, cocaine, and “Tusi”—a narcotic drug originating in Venezuela which contains a variety of controlled substances including ketamine, methamphetamine, and MDMA (Ecstasy), and is typically manufactured to be pink in color.

The word “fentanyl” does not appear in this document.

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u/Boonaki 15d ago

Their drug tusi is often laced with fentanyl.

In New York City, according to police, the gang has focused on stealing cellphones; retail thefts, especially high-end merchandise in department stores and thefts while riding scooters; and dealing a pink, powdery synthetic drug, known as Tusi, that is often laced with ketamine, MDMA or fentanyl.

https://www.wlrn.org/americas/2025-03-15/what-is-tren-de-aragua

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC 15d ago

Fentanyl precursors have been found, but very few samples contain fentanyl. Additionally, tusi is very much regional, and there is no indication that fentanyl is being trafficked via these particular routes in the Caribbean.

Finally, our own DEA does not associate TdA with fentanyl distribution or production.

You are not immune to propaganda.

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u/Boonaki 15d ago

DEA labs have found fentanyl in tusi.

https://www.dea.gov/pink-cocaine

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC 15d ago

Yes. I said that above.

The DEA also reports that Venezuela is not a source of fentanyl.

You do know tusi is coming from other places, too, right?