Mexican Cartels Smuggling Drugs In Food Imports: Record-Breaking Meth Bust At US-Mexico Border Is Latest
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized over $17.4 million in methamphetamine from a tractor-trailer hauling a shipment of coconuts at the Mexico-Texas border.
The bust is one of many involving cartels slipping drugs across the border in fresh food shipments from Mexico, which is the largest supplier of vegetables to the U.S.
What Happened: While CBP officers conducted a secondary look at the tractor-trailer, their drug-detection doggies sniffed out 378 packages containing nearly 2,000 pounds of meth, which they seized then Homeland Security agents moved in to conduct a criminal investigation.
The bust, made at the Pharr International Bridge in Texas on Sept. 28, is the largest meth seizure in the history of the Hidalgo Port of Entry, the CBP reported.
“This seizure underscores the seriousness of the drug threat we face on a daily basis …