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$2.6M in Meth Found Hidden in Battery Shipment at Texas-Mexico Border
Officers seized 291 pounds of methamphetamine worth $2.6 million hidden in battery shipment after a secondary inspection at Laredo Port of Entry, officials said.
- On Nov. 14, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge seized 291 pounds of alleged methamphetamine after referring a box truck hauling batteries for secondary inspection.
- After a CBP officer referred the box truck hauling batteries for secondary inspection, frontline staff used a K-9 and nonintrusive inspection system to examine the shipment, officials said.
- Hidden amid the battery shipment, CBP officers found 40 packages and confiscated the narcotics and tractor trailer with an estimated street value of $2,604,215.
- Homeland Security Investigations is now probing the case, and officials did not disclose whether arrests were made or release names of the unnamed individuals involved.
- CBP remarked that 'The bad guys got a bit of a shock,' officials said, after officers intercepted 291 pounds of meth hidden in a battery shipment at Laredo, Texas.
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