This quarter only, U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel seized a sizable amount of methamphetamine at just one goods facility in Otay Mesa, California. Law enforcement officials are concerned that produce were the only items brought in this week’s thousands of pounds of meth.
A 27-year-old man with a true border crossing cards and a professional tractor-trailer was stopped by CBP officers while driving a delivery of peppers and tomatillos, according to The Center Square:
At first glance, the sale appeared to have just peppers and tomatillos. However, after a K-9 system inspected the video, officers discovered a box containing a crystal-like substance. More officers were contacted to offer support and began removing package after package hidden beneath the produce. They found 3, 594 items that were tested and identified as meth. The stockpile totaled 3, 671.58 lbs.
Another sizable amount of cocaine was discovered inside a package of carrots at the same location and in the same year, according to CBP officers. The Center Flat information:
They stopped a 44-year-old man who was also a true border crossing card while operating a business tractor trailer carrying a shipment of carrots. The carrot cases were removed from the trucks and dubious deals were discovered beneath them, which had been tested and identified as methamphetamine. Nevertheless, they seized 574 deals weighing about 2, 900 pounds.
In both cases, the cocaine and professional vehicle- trucks were seized, the vehicles were turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.
The Center Square writes that Mexican cartel for ages have devised artistic ways , to bring medications and people into the U. S., including “task absorption” and “migrant warfare“, according to authorities. Cartel employees and groups they work with can use the resources in one place to reduce the flow of violence to another place, thereby enabling gang operatives and gangs to undertake a range of crimes. Another strategy is to conceal people and drugs in trucks, including those that are hidden behind or underproduced, to pass through ports of entry.
