"A press release from CBP officials called the seized drugs and lettuce a salad unfit for this year's Thanksgiving table, adding that the 500 packages of meth in question weighed about 1,153lbs. Within a shipment of salad greens, our frontline officers discovered contraband that does not belong on any holiday table, said Carlos Rodriguez, the port director. As this seizure aptly illustrates, our officers' use of tools and technology were instrumental in this massive takedown of hard narcotics."
"Friday's seizure occurred amid a campaign of military strikes by the Trump administration on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific in what it has claimed is an effort to disrupt the flow of illegal drugs into the US."
"Meanwhile, in August 2024, about two tonnes of the powerful stimulant known colloquially as crystal meth was seized in packages designed to look like bright green watermelons at the San Diego, California, port of Otay. Hidden amongst a shipment of actual watermelons, about 1,220 fake watermelons were found to contain 4,587lbs of meth valued at $5m after a truck driven by a 29-year-old man was selected for secondary inspection."
"That seizure came after agents with the Atlanta division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) found over 2,500lbs of meth with $3.2m concealed among boxes of celery at a state farmers market in Forest Park, Georgia, on 8 August."
Border officials seized $10.3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden inside a commercial lettuce shipment entering Texas at the Pharr International Bridge. The shipment contained approximately 500 packages totaling about 1,153 pounds. Officers used tools and technology to detect the contraband and called the drugs unsuitable for holiday tables. The seizure coincided with a campaign of military strikes targeting alleged drug-trafficking boats to disrupt flows into the United States. Recent related seizures included fake watermelons at the Otay port containing 4,587 pounds of meth and over 2,500 pounds concealed among celery at a Georgia farmers market. Officials warned that cartels continue to evolve smuggling techniques.
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