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Funky pickles seized at Texas border turn out to be US$4 million worth of meth

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than US$4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge cargo facility, the agency said. On April 17, CBP officers examined a tractor-trailer hauling a commercial shipment of fresh cucumber pickles into Texas with a non-intrusive imaging system and found it was hiding 114 packages of alleged methamphetamine weighing 217 pounds, according to a statement. That s $4,343,000 worth of drugs, CBP said. The CBP s Office of Field Operations seized the narcotics and the tractor-trailer. This interdiction reinforces our officers role in advancing CBP s border security mission by preventing dangerous drugs from entering and negatively impacting our communities, Port Director Carlos Rodriguez said.

Pickle shipment doesn t smell right, and customs officials eventually figure out why

Pickle shipment doesn’t smell right, and customs officials eventually figure out why Updated 10:06 PM; Today 10:05 PM U.S. Customs and Border Protection South Texas, Texas International Bridge seize $4M in methamphetamine hidden in a tractor-trailer hauling a shipment of cucumber pickles. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection South Texas/TNS)TNS Facebook Share It wasn’t exactly Peter Piper’s peck of pickled peppers, but a shipment of what border agents deemed to be funky pickles got the shippers in a peck of trouble. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility smelled something off, decided to investigate a tractor-trailer load of cucumber pickles, and discovered more than 200 pounds of alleged methamphetamine worth $4.3 million, the agency announced last week.

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