Frozen strawberry shipment from Mexico contained $12.7 million worth of meth, authorities say

[UpInArms]

Source: USA Today

A commercial shipment of frozen strawberries coming from Mexico contained $12.7 million worth of methamphetamine, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday.

The alleged drug-smuggling operation was discovered at the cargo facility at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in southern Texas on Feb. 16, a release says. Officers found 906 pounds of the drug concealed in a trailer, CBP says.
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An analysis of data from the southern border indicates the vast majority of narcotics enter through U.S. ports of entry.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics, 87 percent of methamphetamine seized along the border in the first 11 months of the 2018 fiscal year was caught trying to be smuggled in at legal crossing points.


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[jberryhill]

1. I knew it!

[dhill926]

13. Hah! well done....

[keithbvadu2]

2. Which part of the wall would have stopped that, Donald?

Which part of the wall would have stopped that, Donald?

[watoos]

3. Has to be fake news,

Who believes the U.S.A. Today? It needs to come from Pravda or RT.

I bet that truck made a right turn, then a left turn, or was it vice versa, then drove right through the big hole in the fence, er I mean wall.

[still_one]

4. whew, that was close. I was afraid it was ecoli

[PeeJ52]

9. The wall actually does catch ecoli...

[still_one]

10. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Roy Rolling]

5. Dumb Criminals

When will they learn to drive their 18-wheelers through the rivers and desert where there is no wall?

Apparently, the wall system used now is working fine. It funnels the largest shipments through legal points of entry where it can be seized.

No more fu*king wall.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. ...through a normal port-of-entry.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. This is primarily how it comes in

Hidden in shipments of food, etc. And in many cases, if possible, in shipments of products that mask the drug's scent from the dogs.

[Bengus81]

8. What?? They didn't just walk into the US or climb some five foot barrier to try and get this in??

[flying_wahini]

11. What worries me is that it's meth. The days of stopping trucks with coke or pot are over.

Meth is cheap to produce and such an awful drug, right up there with heroine.

[TexasBushwhacker]

21. But it can be manufactured anywhere

I'm kind of surprised they are making it in Mexico and hauling it here. Seems like a pretty big risk. They inspect about 1/3 of all big trucks.

[crazycatlady]

22. Watch Drugs, Inc on Netflix

There's an episode about meth. Very fascinating.

[Brother Buzz]

27. If they send three trucks loads and two get caught, they still make a profit

It's pretty damn depressing when you learn how much power and resources the Mexican cartels have at their disposal.

[DirtEdonE]

12. Wow. That's enough meth to keep Southeastern Kentucky high

For a couple of hours at least. That's if the opioids don't bring them down from the meth high sooner than expected.

magat territory. lol They're upset because no one cares about them so they take a 21st century speedball to make themselves feel better after they blew up the world with trump.

This should take care of all their problems. One way or the other.

[Bayard]

17. HEY!

There are a number of us here that are from Kentucky, and we don't appreciate being lumped together with everyone else in the state. Knock it off.

[ffr]

14. Dammit, there goes my shortcake secret ingredient.

[Firestorm49]

15. Inconceivable! You mean they didn't try to carry it over (or under) a wall?

[yuiyoshida]

16. heh!

[yaesu]

18. This is how most drugs are smuggled into the country

a wall & sending troops to the border will not stop it. tRumpsters are idiots.

[George II]

19. Strawberries have just been added to the Muslim ban, and San Francisco has set up....

....a special area as a "strawberry sanctuary city".

[matt819]

20. Was a wall involved?

This is dastardly.

They undoubtedly used the border crossing as a ruse, willing to forfeit more than $12 million in drugs so that hundreds of people carrying drugs will cross by climbing walls and braving concertina wire to bring in drugs worth far more. That's why we need a wall! Wow, the buffoon-in-chief may be onto something.

Or, more likely, he's a fucking moron.

[DrToast]

23. I haven't slept for three days since my last smoothie!

[okaawhatever]

25. LOL nt

[Cold War Spook]

24. Really?

Americans have gotten that lazy that they have to have Mexicans make their meth for them?

[Ilsa]

26. Smuggled through a tunnel under a wall, right? No?

Okay, then carried on the backs of "illegals with calves the size of cantaloupes," right?

Oh, through legal ports of entry! Who'da thunk it?