By The Opinion
02 Oct 2024, 1:04 PM EDT
The United States Department of Customs and Border Protection dealt a severe blow to organized crime on the border between Texas and Tamaulipas, with the seizure of more than 1,900 pounds of methamphetamine.
This seizure was carried out by CBP officers during a secondary inspection of a tractor-trailer at the Pharr International Bridge, as reported in a press release.
The drugs were hidden in a shipment of coconutsand in total 378 packages of methamphetamine were recorded, whose value would be around 17.4 million dollars.
“Our frontline CBP officers prevented a massive shipment of methamphetamine from wreaking havoc on our streets,” said Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry Director Carlos Rodríguez.
“This seizure underscores the seriousness of the drug threat we face every day, and the determination of our officers to keep our communities safe,” the official said.
This is not the only recent drug seizure at the Pharr Border Bridge, since on June 30 CBP agents managed to stop more than 5 million dollars worth of methamphetamine that drug traffickers intended to cross into the United States through the Tamaulipas border.
On that occasion, the drugs were hidden in a trailer truck that was said to be transporting cucumbers and bell peppers.
In another incident, which occurred at the beginning of August, border agents seized a truck that was transporting more than 3,400 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in lettuce.
This shipment had an estimated value of almost $50 million, which would represent the largest drug seizure at that port of entry.
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