Another one you couldn’t have made up if you tried !
Did the smugglers think that people hated Brussel Sprouts so much that customs just wouldn’t look !
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confiscated methamphetamine worth more than $4 million concealed in a shipment of brussels sprouts along the US-Mexico border June 2.
The tractor-trailer carrying the shipment was subjected to further scrutiny and the use of a narcotics-detecting dog when an initial investigation revealed irregularities, according to a CBP media release Thursday. The CBP officers — with help from the K9 — extracted a total of 148 methamphetamine packages weighing 2,052.20 pounds worth $4,309,620 concealed within the floor and roof of the trailer, the media release said. The cargo driver was a 51-year-old man. The incident occurred at the Calexico East Cargo Facility, a border crossing station in Imperial County, California, according to the release.
Roque Caza — the director of the Calexo Area Port — attributed the successful impoundment of the shipment to a combination of ‘officer intuition’ and ‘advanced technology,’ while praising the ‘excellent work’ of his officers, per the release.
