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Border agents said they were packages containing meth that a driver was trying to bring into the U.S. from Mexico.
They look like watermelons, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection says they’re packages of meth that were in a truck that a driver was trying to get into the U.S. from Mexico.
The shipment was found at the Otay Mesa commercial facility in California on Friday, August 16. According to CBP, a 29-year-old driver had them in a tractor trailer that was stopped at the border.
Border agents decided to do a secondary check on the driver and the cargo and that’s when they said they found 1,220 packages of meth disguised as watermelons. According to Customs and Border Protection, the meth that the driver hauling had a street value of $5 million.
Border agents took control of the fake fruit and turned the driver over to authorities with Homeland Security.
A Seedy Situation 🍉 Last Friday, @CBP officers at the #OTM Cargo Facility sliced open a sweet surprise as they uncovered $5 million 💵worth of meth disguised and concealed within a shipment of watermelons. Read more here: https://t.co/vgSM635ZZv pic.twitter.com/CIVNSzfJbS
— Director of Field Operations Sidney Aki (@DFOSanDiegoCA) August 21, 2024According to CBP, the seizure is the result of Operation Apollo, which is an effort in California and Arizona to stop the smuggling of fentanyl.
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