Last week, border officers in Texas discovered $10.2 million worth of narcotics hidden inside a refrigerated trailer carrying a shipment containing roses.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that a 2001 Freightliner with a manifest for commercial cut flower shipment was stopped on the World Trade Bridge at Laredo, Texas, on December 21. The truck was referred to a secondary inspection. Customs and Border Protection, CBP, released a press release on December 26.
CBP officers and canine officers conducted a nonintrusive inspection on the refrigerated trailer of the rig and found hundreds of pounds in bundles of suspected narcotics, according to officials.
CBP reported that the suspicious packages contained 854.07 pounds of methamphetamine crystals, 164.72 lbs of methamphetamine powder, and 165.34 lbs of cocaine.
More than 1,100 pounds (Cocaine and Meth) were seized in a shipment of flowers.
The estimated street price of the narcotics was $10,298,520.
Officials said that the drugs were discovered in a shipment containing roses.
CBP claimed that they had seized the drugs as Homeland Security Investigations agents investigated the seizure.
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The driver was not immediately identified.
Alberto Flores, Port Director of Laredo Port of Entry Port, said: “CBP is very proud of the work that our officers on the frontlines do to ensure safety and well-being of our communities.” This significant seizing is a good example of the daily operational efforts to protect our border.
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CBP reported that during the first two month of Fiscal Year 2024 its agents and officers had seized 7,200 lbs of cocaine and 29,065 lbs of meth across the country.