Overview
- CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge in Texas found suspected meth hidden inside pallets made to look like tiles in a tractor-trailer from Reynosa, Mexico.
- Officers seized 200 packages weighing more than 900 pounds and took the trailer into custody, with the haul valued at about $8.1 million.
- A drug-detection dog triggered a secondary inspection that led to field tests showing the powder had the properties of methamphetamine.
- Homeland Security Investigations has launched a criminal probe, and officials have not announced any arrests or identified suspects.
- Officials say the case fits a broader trend of drugs concealed in legitimate cargo like flowers and produce, and CBP pointed to the seizure as progress under President Donald J. Trump’s border security agenda.