Customs and Border Protection agents seized two large methamphetamine shipments along the Texas-Mexico border this week, with an estimated street value of $50 million, the agency said Thursday.
In the larger case, agents at the Colombia-Solidarity cargo facility in Laredo found $37 million worth of meth hidden in a truckload of aluminum burrs.
“Physical inspection led to the discovery of four sacks of alleged methamphetamine with a combined weight of 4,241 pounds concealed within the shipment,” said a release from CBP.
In a separate case, agents at the Pharr International Bridge in Texas discovered 488 packages of suspected methamphetamine hidden in the roof of a commercial truck hauling broccoli. The haul weighed nearly 1,500 pounds and carried an estimated street value of $13.2 million, CBP said.
The bust is the latest in a string of major drug seizures along the Texas-Mexico border. In June, officers at the same crossing intercepted a stolen sports car carrying amphetamines valued at $6.7 billion.
“The cargo environment continues to be a top choice for trafficking organizations, but our CBP officers, along with our tools and technology, are a force to be reckoned with,” Carlos Rodriguez, port director of the Pharr port, noted at the time.
