More than $3 million in methamphetamine seized at Laredo crossing

As part of the work carried out by the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) to prevent the passage of drugs to the United States, agents from said agency achieved an important seizure.

It is about a shipment of methamphetamine valued at around $3.7 millionwhich was found on the World Trade Bridge, located at the Laredo Port of Entry, Texas.

“This significant seizure of methamphetamine by our frontline CBP officers underscores the reality of the drug threat they face every day, and exemplifies their determination and resolve to defend CBP’s priority border security mission,” said the Port Director Albert Flores.

The seizure occurred when an officer referred a tractor-trailer carrying a shipment of crushed marble stone for secondary inspection.

CBP officers conducted a secondary examination that included the use of a non-intrusive inspection system and canine elements.

Upon further physical examination, officers discovered 66 packages containing nearly 423 pounds of methamphetamine within the shipment.

Being an important border point, the World Trade Bridge has been the scene of several drug seizures. Last August it was discovered another shipment of methamphetamine hidden among flowers which were transported in a trailer, and whose value of the narcotic amounted to 6 million dollars.

A few months earlier, in March of this year, a shipment of celery and broccoli hid more than 900 pounds of drug known as “crystal”valued at 8.4 million dollars.

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