Posted by DINO PORRAZZO at AMERICAS FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Drug smugglers use several clever ways to get their drugs across the border from Mexico into the United States.

This particular case shows just one unusual way they are using but fortunately this shipment of the highly addictive and deadly drug methamphetamine will never make it to the streets thanks to the great work by our U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.

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OTAY MESA, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility discovered almost 1,200 small packages of methamphetamine hidden within a shipment of onions.

CBP officers encountered a 46-year-old driver of a tractor trailer with a shipment manifested as onions. During the inspection, a CBP officer referred the driver along with the conveyance for a more intensive examination.

During the exam, a CBP canine team screened the truck and trailer and the detector dog alerted to the shipment. CBP officers searched the shipment and discovered 1,197 packages of methamphetamine mixed with the onions in sacks. The packages of methamphetamine were shaped into small globes with a white covering, designed to blend into the onions they were hidden with. CBP officers extracted approximately 1,336 pounds of methamphetamine worth an estimated street value of about $2.9 million.

This was not only a clever attempt to try and smuggle in narcotics, one I haven’t seen before, but also time consuming to wrap narcotics into these small packages, designed to look like onions,” said Sidney Aki, CBP Director of Field Operations in San Diego. “These efforts show how effective our officers are, and as a response, the lengths drug trafficking organizations are willing to go to as they try to smuggle narcotics into the U.S.  While we have certainly seen narcotics in produce before, it’s unusual for us to see this level of detail in the concealment.”

The driver was arrested for the alleged narcotic smuggling attempt.  CBP officers turned the driver, a Mexican citizen, over to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) for further disposition. CBP officers seized the tractor, trailer, and narcotics. CBP officers at the border crossing in Southern California stop illegal activity while processing millions of legitimate travelers into the United States.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the comprehensive management, control, and protection of our nation’s borders, combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection at and between official ports of entry.

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