Sour Squash, CBP Finds Nearly $8.9M Worth of Meth Hidden in Texas Veggies
US Customs and Border Patrol came across one of its biggest meth seizures in several years in Texas hidden in a Mexican squash shipment. The bust occurred at the Pharr, Texas point of entry, 159 miles south of Corpus Christi.
Agents find 3,770 packages of meth
April 13th. CBP agents detained a tractor trailer carrying produce for further inspection. Often agents set aside random vehicles, and others they spot or notice even slight indications of potential contraband.
A CBP K-9 hit on the vehicle and agents began to search the cargo. In crates carrying Chayote, which is a Mexican squash, they found 1,002 lbs of prepackaged meth. Each of the packages was hidden in the crates.
Chayote is a common squash especially popular in the south. It is also known as a vegetable pear.
It took agents nearly an entire day to empty out the truck, its driver and rest of the equipment were turned over to Homeland Security. The street value of the drugs was estimated at $8,9 million dollars.
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