CBP officers in Texas seize ‘meth veggies’ worth more than $4 million

US Customs and Border Safety officers in Texas final week seized greater than $4 million value of methamphetamine hid inside greens.

The weird discovery got here Friday on the Pharr Worldwide Bridge cargo facility in Pharr, Texas. 

CBP officers with the Workplace of Discipline Operations encountered a tractor trailer arrived from Mexico. 

An officer referred the automobile for additional inspection.

A bodily inspection of the cargo resulted within the discovery of two,232 packages weighing almost 500 kilos. 

The packages contained what the CBP officers imagine was roughly $4.36 million value of methamphetamine.

CBP OFO seized the narcotics and the tractor trailer. Particular brokers with Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) opened a legal investigation. 

“This huge cargo of narcotics is not going to make it to American streets because of our CBP officers who used their instinct and all our obtainable instruments and assets to cease this smuggling try,” Port Director Carlos Rodriguez mentioned in a press release. 

“The legal factor continues to try to smuggle within the cargo setting, however our CBP officers stay vigilant and can proceed to do their finest to thwart these smuggling makes an attempt.”