Microgram: The DEA South Central Laboratory (Dallas, Texas) recently received ten cans of bath products, five labelled 'Cleopatra's Mini Bath Tablets Passion' and containing 4,889 tablets with 'Dove' logos, suspected MDMA [...]. The exhibits originated in Vancouver, British Columbia, and were addressed to a location in Dallas, Texas. The package was intercepted by the Canadian Customs Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and subsequently turned over to the DEA for a controlled delivery in Dallas. The tablets were white, round, biconvex, and averaged 280 milligrams; analysis by color tests, FTIR, GC/MS, GC/IRD, and HPLC, however, indicated not MDMA but rather 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) at 77 milligrams/tablet. [...] Although the laboratory has received similar exhibits, this is the first example of this type of packaging.
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