By james art 
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Federal US Customs and Border Protection Agents (CBP) trapped and Seized hard drugs worth $ 8.1 million In a bust at the port of Laredo in Texas. The large -scale law enforcement action took place on Friday, January 24, at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo.
The seizure took place after a customs and border protection officer checks 2003 Volvo 760, which runs commercial delivery of industrial machines and then directs the vehicle for secondary inspection. Using a dog team and checking the check of the inspection, CBP employees found a total of nearly 890 pounds of alleged meth, disguised within the shipment.
Confisted drugs had a combined street value of $ 8,81,799. Special agents to investigate internal security are already investigating drug seizure.
“The staff of the World Trade Bridge has successfully captured meth -meth, preventing this dangerous medicine from reaching our communities,” says port director Alberto Flores, a port of Laredo. “This operation emphasizes our unwavering commitment to public safety and providing our borders against the threats of illegal drug trafficking.”
Mother Lodel: @Dfolaredo @Cbp Employees seize $ 8.1 million in methamphetamine on #LaredoThe World Trade Bridge within the delivery of industrial machines. @Hsi_sanantonio He investigates. Read more here: pic.twitter.com/8knuqouiik
– CBP South Texas (@Cbpsouthtexas) January 28, 2025
Meanwhile, on Saturday, January 25, Campo, California, US Customs and Border Agents were busy capturing two loads of illegal drugs in less than one hour. They eventually confiscate 182 pounds of methamphetamine.
The first seizure of a meta of 97.97 pounds, when the agents of the Campo Border Patrol Station stopped a man managing the blue Dodge Minivan and found nine packs of foil in accordance with drugs hidden in the van compartment.
The second bust happened less than an hour later when the border patrol agents stopped a 22-year-old woman driving a Honda sedan with two minor children inside the vehicle. CBP employees eventually found 80 packages of methamphetamine methamphetamine hidden throughout the vehicle with a total weight of £ 83.64.
“Two significant drug loads were removed from our streets by our specialized agents,” said San Diego’s chief patrol agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel. “Fortunately, two children were also removed from a dangerous situation.”
Border patrol agents @Usbpchiefsdc In San Diego California, two of these very dangerous drugs on Interstate 8 in less than one hour. In both stops, K-9 teams were used to detect 180 pounds hidden within 80+ drug packages.
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– CBP (@CBP) January 28, 2025