Posted on Aug 23, 2024

Meth haul disguised as watermelons fails to fool US border agents

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United States border agents have intercepted a truck carrying more than $5m-worth of methamphetamine at the US-Mexico border hidden inside a shipment of watermelons.
The drugs were wrapped in plastic painted in two shades of green to resemble the fruit and placed among real watermelons.
More than two tonnes of methamphetamine - in a total of 1,220 packages - was seized by officers.
Stashing drugs among produce is a common way to smuggle the illicit substances across borders - banana shipments are the most popular but officers have recently found narcotics in Gouda cheese and avocados.

Meth haul disguised as watermelons fails to fool US border agents

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Posted 1 mo ago

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MSgt Dale Johnson

Posted 1 mo ago

Glad the drugs were found, amazing the ways the smugglers will go through.

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LTC Trent Klug

Posted 1 mo ago

The lengths the cartels will go through to get their crap in is amazing. And there's a never ending supply of mules or product, thanks to the users.

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LTC Marc King

Posted 1 mo ago

This is a war in which 100k Americans die each year. We should be utilizing our drone capabilities to seek out and destroy the labs making these drugs. Nothing short of this should be acceptable.

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Meth haul disguised as watermelons fails to fool US border agents

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