Trailer hauling load of onions in Texas also hid huge stash of meth, border agents say
More than $30.5 million of meth was found smuggled in a trailer of fresh onions in Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Monday.
Border Protection agents found a “huge amount” of methamphetamine on July 9 in a tractor-trailer at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility that was hauling onions from Mexico, CBP said.
“This is certainly a substantial amount of methamphetamine that won’t make its final destination in the U.S., and seizing these harmful narcotics will most definitely help keep our communities safer,” Carlos Rodriguez, port director for Port of Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas, said in the news release.
A 35-year-old Mexican citizen was driving the tractor-trailer that was hauling the onions, CBP said. A CBP officer inspected the conveyance and discovered 221 packages of meth in the roof of the trailer. It weighed more than 1,500 pounds, CBP said.
“CBP OFO seized the narcotics, the 1988 Volvo tractor and 2010 Utility trailer and arrested the driver,” CBP said. “Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) continue with the investigation.”
