Greater than $4 million price of methamphetamine was not too long ago discovered hidden inside a tractor-trailer making an attempt to realize entry into the U.S. from Mexico.

In response to a press launch from U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP), the incident occurred on March 25 on the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge, which runs on the U.S.-Mexico border permitting entry into Texas. Over the previous a number of months, CBP officers have continued to come across people making an attempt to smuggle illicit medication into the U.S.

CBP officers engaged on the bridge encountered a tractor-trailer arriving from Mexico and making an attempt to realize entry into the U.S. In response to the press launch, the tractor-trailer was "manifesting a cargo of waterproof sealant."

Because the tractor-trailer was making an attempt to realize entry into the U.S., CBP officers referred it for a secondary inspection, which included utilizing a canine skilled to smell narcotics and a "non-intrusive imaging system inspection."

Following the secondary inspection, CBP officers found 219.13 kilos of alleged methamphetamine hidden throughout the cargo of waterproof sealant.

"The narcotics have an estimated avenue worth of $4,382,744," CBP mentioned within the press launch.

An image posted to Twitter by CBP South Texas confirmed the containers of waterproof sealant the place the alleged narcotics had been found.

In response to CBP, after the narcotics had been seized by border brokers, the case was turned over to particular brokers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Safety Investigations (ICE-HSI) for extra investigation. The motive force of the tractor-trailer carrying the suspected narcotics was not recognized by officers.

"Officers assigned to our cargo amenities make the most of their enforcement experience to focus on these high-risk commodities," Laredo Port of Entry Director Alberto Flores mentioned within the press launch. "It has led to the invention of harmful laborious narcotics."

Flores continued, "Massive-scale seizures, similar to this one, exemplify our mission priorities in securing the border."

An analogous seizure occurred on February 22 when CBP officers intercepted a business tractor-trailer that was carrying roughly $18 million price of meth. In response to CBP, brokers found 1,348.83 kilos of suspected meth hidden throughout the trailer.

Newsweek additionally beforehand reported on an incident that occurred in early February when CBP brokers seized over $2 million price of suspected cocaine hidden inside a business trailer.

In response to information from CBP, within the first two months of this yr, CBP brokers have seized over 110,000 kilos of unlawful narcotics throughout the nation's borders. All through January and February, CBP brokers have competed over 12,000 completely different drug seizure occasions, the info reveals.

Newsweek reached out to CBP for additional remark however didn't obtain a response in time for publication.

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Customs and Border Safety brokers not too long ago seized over $4 million price of meth that was hidden inside a tractor-trailer making an attempt to realize entry into the U.S. from Mexico. Above, Texas Military Nationwide Guard members guard a gap within the border wall on September 17, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty