CAROLINA FOREST, SC (WMBF) - Court documents explain why federal authorities seized five Carolina Forest properties this week as part of an FBI-led investigation.

Deputies with the Horry County Sheriff’s Office served five civil forfeiture notices at all five properties in coordination with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

A federal lawsuit names New Star Holdings LLC, a “subsidiary shell company of China-based Sichuan Sundia Chemical Co.”

New Star is alleged to have supplied “chemical precursors of methamphetamine” to the Sinaloa Cartel, which the lawsuit describes as a foreign terrorist organization.

The suit also names Ruiqi Zeng, who holds title to four of the five properties seized, and Liu Chuan, Sundia Chemical’s general manager and Zeng’s mother, who holds title to the f

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