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By Sarah Tate
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers in Tennessee seized a shipment of an illegal substance smuggled inside an unlikely container: peanut shells.
According to a CBP news release, officers at a hub in Memphis examined a shipment marked REGIONAL BREAD ROASTED PEANUTS REGIONAL DUST SWEET MADE OF CORN that was heading from Mexico to east Texas. After a suspicious X-ray, officers investigated further and found that once cracked open, the peanut shells had a white crystal substance inside, later identified as methamphetamine,
While peanut shells may be an odd place to discover hidden drugs, customs agents are used to finding the illegal substances in strange places.
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