U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Texas seized over 900 pounds of methamphetamine from a commercial truck shipment manifested as tile.
The drug seizure occurred on April 21 at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility in Pharr, Texas.
A commercial tractor trailer from Reynosa, Mexico, approached the facility and was referred for a secondary inspection with nonintrusive inspection equipment and canine screening.
CBP’s physical search of the trailer uncovered 200 packages weighing a total of 908.30 pounds of suspected methamphetamine concealed between the pallets of tile.
The seized substances had an estimated street value of $8,119,696.
CBP seized both the drugs and the large truck.
Homeland Security opened a criminal probe into the incident.
“As this significant seizure aptly illustrates, CBP officers work tirelessly to ensure that commerce flows and hard narcotics are stopped in their tracks,” Carlos Rodriguez, Port Director,