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Fake watermelons full of drugs fail to fool US agents
[BBC] United States border agents have intercepted a truck carrying more than $5m-worth of methamphetamine at the US-Mexico border hidden inside a shipment of watermelons.The drugs were wrapped in plastic painted in two shades of green to resemble the fruit and placed among real watermelons. More than two tonnes of methamphetamine - in a total of 1,220 packages - was seized by officers. Stashing drugs among produce is a common way to smuggle the illicit substances across borders - banana shipments are the most popular but officers have recently found narcotics in Gouda cheese and avocados. US Customs and Border Protection officials said their officers had stopped a truck hauling a trailer at the border with Mexico in Otay Mesa. The paperwork suggested the driver was transporting a shipment for watermelons, but a inspection revealed the parcels containing methamphetamine. Also known simply as meth, it is a powerful and highly addictive stimulant. Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-22 |
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