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Border officials in Texas make largest cocaine bust in 20 years inside baby wipe shipment
[FoxNews] 1,935 packages of cocaine worth an estimated $11,818,400 seized near Laredo, Texas.The seizure happened Friday at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge near Laredo when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer referred a 2016 Stoughton trailer for a secondary inspection, CBP said in a news release on Monday. The trailer’s manifest said it was hauling baby wipes, but a canine and non-intrusive inspection found a trove of illicit narcotics — 1,935 packages of cocaine, CBP said. CBP officers seized the cocaine, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations special agents are investigating the seizure, the release said. Related: Laredo: 2022-08-28 Texas Border Judge Sets $5k Bond on Politically Connected Mexican Woman Caught with Guns, Cash Laredo: 2022-08-27 Mexican mayor's daughter, 28, busted with $248,531 wrapped around her waist and two guns she tried to smuggle across the border in Texas - she says her arrest was politically motivated Laredo: 2022-08-27 DHS Secretary Tours Border Patrol's Busiest Sector for Migrant Crossings in Texas Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-01 |
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