U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepts meth in strawberries
(U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted drugs in a strawberry shipment on April 29.

Officers referred a tractor/trailer hauling a commercial shipment of fresh strawberries for further inspection, according to a news release.

Ultimately, the release said officers discovered 177 packages of alleged methamphetamine concealed within the boxes of strawberries.

These bundles of narcotics weighed 411 pounds (186.5 kg) and are valued at $8.2 million according to the release.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized all the narcotics, the conveyance and the case remains under investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
 

 

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