Load of Brussels sprouts discovered to additionally include $4.3 million of meth

A truckload of Brussels sprouts inspected earlier this month on the Customs and Border Safety’s Calexico East Cargo Facility was additionally discovered to be carrying over a ton of methamphetamine valued at about $4.3 million.

On June 2, at about 7:28 p.m., CBP officers encountered the 51-year-old male driver of a tractor-trailer, with a cargo manifested for Brussels sprouts. Throughout preliminary inspection, a CBP officer referred the driving force and tractor-trailer for additional examination.

On the inspection space, a non-intrusive inspection was carried out of the tractor-trailer and its cargo, when irregularities have been noticed. CBP officers requested a CBP human/narcotics detector canine to display the cargo, to which he alerted CBP officers to the presence of narcotics, in line with a press release from the CBP.

Customs and Border PatrolIn the course of the inspection, CBP officers found 148 packages hid.inside the ground and roof of the trailer. The narcotics have been examined and recognized as methamphetamine with a complete weight of two,052.20 kilos, with an estimated avenue worth of $4,309,620, in line with the company.

CBP officers seized the tractor, trailer, and narcotics.

The motive force was detained for the alleged narcotics smuggling try. CBP officers turned the driving force over to the custody of Homeland Safety Investigations for additional disposition.

“Smugglers are always using revolutionary strategies to hide narcotics,” mentioned Roque Caza, Calexico Space Port Director. “By combining officer instinct and using superior know-how, officers have been in a position to make a notable discovery inside a cargo of produce.”