Pickle shipment doesn’t smell right, and customs officials eventually figure out why
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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
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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.
Funky pickles seized by Border Protection turn out to be more than $5 million worth of meth
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CBP officers find $4M in suspected meth hidden in pickles shipment
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