Vegetables should be washed after being removed from the ground because they might have some dust on them. They do n’t typically come with more than a ton of methamphetamine, but you can never be too careful.
A 44-year-old truck driver is being held in federal prison after allegedly trying to enter the United States from Mexico at the Otay Mesa boundary checkpoint in San Diego while concealing about 3, 000 lbs of meth among a sizable shipment of carrots.
A true border crossing passport and a shipping manifest that stated he was hauling carrots were present when the vehicle drove into a commercial vehicle trailer just before lunchtime on March 17; according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, this was confirmed in a news release.
However, a second inspection revealed cautious deals hidden beneath the carrots, or at least 574 of which, according to authorities, tested positive for methamphetamine.
The heroin and the vehicle were seized, and the vehicle, who was not identified, was turned over to the Department of Homeland Security for more investigation, officials said. The border arrest was a part of an ongoing procedure known as Operation Apollo that aimed to stop the importation of fentanyl and other chemical drugs into the United States.
The vegetable capers is just the most recent in a long line of creative ways to cross the southern border with illegal drugs, though it contains only the highest level of vitamin A.
In a news release, Customs and Border Protection stated in a news release that over 400 pounds of cocaine were discovered in a shipment of cucumbers in September with a street value of more than$ 5 million.
There was the peppery incident when border officials found , almost 2 loads of methamphetamine and heroin — valued at$ 10.4 million — buried within tens of tubs of jalapeño powder in December.
However, smugglers do n’t just conceal their goods in their possessions.
An adventurous criminal was arrested at the , San Ysidro border passing in February 2022 after officials found 52 snakes and snakes , hidden in his clothes. Officials found the boy’s slimy, squirmy travellers in small bags hidden in his suit, pants pockets and pelvis place, according to CBP.
In June 2022, border officials found around  , 27 kg of crystal meth in three child boost car seats , after stopping a family of six at a checkpoint in Murrieta. The parents, a U. S. resident, was arrested while the family and the children were released.
In February, the U. S. Justice Department arrested 17 people in a program to bring fentanyl into the U. S. inside fire extinguisher.
One of the suspects arrested in the national research, Toniel Baez- Duarte, was already in prison after being arrested in connection with a , medication- fueled murder of six , in El Mirage in the unincorporated region of Adelanto.
Rosa Hernandez, chairman of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, applauded the authorities for catching the sale.
Our officers firmly fight the trafficking of harmful drugs at our borders, Hernandez said in a statement.” While facilitating valid trade and travel, our officers resolutely fight the trafficking of harmful drugs.
According to officials, the meth is estimated to have a million dollars on the streets. No price range was given for the vegetables ‘ sales.
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